Intended Use - Miele PG 8527 Operating Instructions Manual

Re-usable medical devices, laboratory
equipment and accessories can be
cleaned, rinsed, disinfected and dried
in this Miele washer-disinfector.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions
(according to EN ISO 17664) on how to
reprocess their items by machine.
Examples of application areas:
– surgical instruments,
– minimally invasive surgical
instruments,
– anaesthetic and intensive care
instruments,
– baby bottles and teats,
– maintenance and waste containers,
– operating theatre shoes,
or
– laboratory equipment used in
research and development,
– laboratory equipment used in areas
of analysis and specimen taking,
– laboratory equipment used in
micro-biology and biotechnology.
The type of laboratory equipment which
can be reprocessed ranges from
evaporating dishes to centrifugal test
tubes.
Reprocessing medical devices and
laboratory equipment by machine
achieves reproducible results, and
should be used in preference to
reprocessing them by hand.
Where disinfection is required for the
protection of staff and/or patients, a
thermal disinfection programme, e.g.
the DESIN vario TD programme, should
be selected.
- Except for operating theatre (OP)
shoes which are not heat-resistant, for
which the CHEM-DISIN programme
should be used.
The parameters for thermal disinfection
according to EN ISO 15883-1 (A
concept) vary depending on the
disinfection standard required. They
are 80 °C (+ 5 °C, - 0 °C) with a 10 min
holding time (A
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- 0 °C) with a 5 min holding time (A
3000). An A value of 3000 is suitable
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for deactivating the HBV virus.
National health and safety regulations
regarding disinfection must also be
observed.
The cleaning programme as well as any
chemical agents must be chosen
according to the type of soiling and
load being reprocessed.
The agents used for reprocessing the
products should be selected to suit the
level of cleaning required as well as the
method of analysis used.

Intended Use

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600) or 90 °C (+ 5 °C,
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