Appropriate Use - Miele PG 8504 Operating Instructions Manual

Appropriate use

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This cleaning machine is designed to reprocess laboratory glassware,
utensils, and similarly categorized components using water-based
media. These include:
- vessels such as beakers, flasks, cylinders, and test tubes
- measuring vessels such as measuring cylinders and volumetric
flasks
- dishes such as petri dishes and watch glasses
- plates such as slides and sequencing plates
- small items such as lids, magnetic stirring rods, spatulas, and stop-
pers
- other items such as boxes, plastic flasks and containers, metal
parts, pipe and hose pieces, and funnels
Reprocessing encompasses the cleaning and rinsing of the laboratory
glassware, utensils, and components listed above.
Pipettes are excluded from this list. This cleaning machine is not de-
signed for reprocessing pipettes.
Reprocessing is carried out in conjunction with:
- process chemicals which are tailored to the result of the reprocess-
ing
- load carriers which are tailored to the wash items
Observe the information issued by the manufacturer of the wash
items.
This machine is designed for use in laboratories (e.g., chemical and
biological laboratories in universities and research institutes).
This machine is suitable for removing water-soluble soiling.
The cleaning machine is not suitable or only suitable to a limited ex-
tent for removing soiling that is difficult to dissolve in water or which
is not soluble in water, such as oils and fats.
The cleaning machine is not suitable for removing soiling which is sol-
uble in water at temperatures ≥ 158°F (70°C), such as agar.
Inappropriate use
This machine must not be used for any purposes other than the ap-
propriate use described. This applies in particular to:
- the reprocessing of medical devices suitable for reprocessing
- use in the restaurant industry
- residential or household use