Miele PG 8527 Operating Instructions Manual page 8

Warning and safety instructions
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Never clean the machine or near
vicinity with a hose or a pressure
washer.
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The machine must be disconnected
from the mains electricity supply before
any maintenance or repair work is
carried out. Do not reconnect it until the
maintenance or repair work has been
successfully completed.
The following points should be
observed to assist in maintaining
quality standards for reprocessing
medical devices and sensitive
laboratory glassware, and to avoid
injury to patients or damage to
equipment.
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If the machine is being used for
disinfection in accordance with official
regulations on the control of epidemics,
the steam condenser and its
connections to and from the wash
cabinet must be cleaned and
disinfected whenever any repairs are
carried out or parts replaced.
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If it is necessary to interrupt a
programme in exceptional
circumstances, this may only be done
by authorised personnel.
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The standard of cleaning and
disinfection in the disinfection
programmes for medical devices must
be routinely confirmed by the user. The
process must be thermo-electrically
validated on a regular basis, and
checked against documented control
results. Chemical disinfecting
procedures must also be validated
using chemical or bio indicators.
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For thermal disinfection, use
temperatures and temperature holding
times to achieve the required infection
prophylaxis in accordance with current
health and safety regulations.
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Medical devices are reprocessed by
thermal disinfection. Items which are
not heat-resistant, e.g. operating
theatre (OP) shoes, can be
reprocessed with the CHEM-DISIN
programme with the addition of a
chemical disinfection agent.
The range of effective disinfection is
based on claims made by the producer
of the disinfecting agent, whose advice
regarding handling, use and
effectiveness must be observed. This
type of chemo-thermal procedure is not
suitable for reprocessing medical
devices.
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Chemical agents could, under
certain conditions, cause damage to
the washer-disinfector. Follow the
recommendations of the chemical
agent manufacturer. In the event of any
damage or material deterioration
please contact Miele.
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Do not use any abrasive chemical
agents in washer-disinfectors as these
will cause erosion to machine
components (e.g. spray arm bearings).
If using abrasive chemical agents in the
manual pre-preparation of containers or
instruments, ensure that no trace of
these remain prior to reprocessing in
the washer-disinfector.