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Warning and Safety instructions
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Never clean the machine or near vicinity with a water hose or a
pressure washer.
The machine must be disconnected from the mains electricity sup-
ply before any maintenance or repair work is carried out.
Quality assurance
The following points should be observed to assist in maintaining
quality standards when processing medical devices, in order to
protect patients, and to avoid damage to the loads being
cleaned.
If it is necessary to interrupt a programme in exceptional circum-
stances, this may only be done by authorised personnel.
The standard of cleaning and disinfection in the disinfection pro-
grammes must be routinely confirmed by the user. The process must
be thermo-electrically validated on a regular basis, and checked
against documented control results.
For thermal disinfection, use temperatures and temperature holding
times to achieve the required infection prophylaxis in accordance with
current health and safety regulations.
Make sure items being washed are suitable for machine repro-
cessing and are in good condition. Plastic items must be thermally
stable. Nickel plated items and aluminium items can be machine pro-
cessed using special procedures only.
Items containing iron, and soiling containing residual rust must not be
placed in the cabinet.
Under certain circumstances, process chemicals may damage the
machine. Users are urged to follow the recommendations issued by
manufacturers of process chemicals.
Contact the W&H Customer Service Department in the event of dam-
age and any suspicion of material incompatibility.
Instrument care products based on paraffin oils (white oils) can
damage the elastomers and plastic in the machine. Such care
products must not be dispensed as chemical agents in this machine
even if they are recommended for machine use by the care product
manufacturer.
Abrasive substances must not be placed in the machine as they
could cause damage to the mechanical components of the water
supply. Any residues of abrasive substances on items to be washed
must be removed without trace before reprocessing in the machine.
Pre-treatments with cleaning or disinfecting agents can create
foam, as can certain types of soiling and chemical agents. Foam can
have an adverse effect on the disinfection and cleaning result.
Processes must be set up such that foam cannot escape from the
wash cabinet. It would hinder the correct functioning of the machine.
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