Dräger Infinity Series User Manual page 318

STEPS: Sterilizing with Ethylene Oxide
1. Clean the transducer and dome.
2. Loosely coil the cable before packaging it.
3. Sterilize at a temperature not exceeding 45°C following your
hospital procedures.
4. After sterilization, follow standard degassing procedure and
aerate the probe for 24 hours.
STEPS: Sterilizing with Fluid
1. Clean the transducer and replace the dome.
2. Place the transducer and dome in a gluteraldehyde-based
solution.
3. Fill the dome completely but do not introduce bubbles.
4. Immerse the transducer and the dome for at least 10 hours to
destroy resistant pathogenic spores. An immersion of less
than 10 hours will disinfect but not sterilize the equipment.
5. Using sterile techniques, remove the accessories from the
fluid and rinse them thoroughly with sterile water at least
three times.
6. Coil the transducer loosely.
7. Pack the accessories in a sterile container and label it "fluid
sterilized".
See also the instructions and recommendations provided with the
transducer.
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