9.5. CATTANI surgical separator
At the beginning of each working day.
Insertinsidelter(d) a tablet (v) of VF CONTROL PLUS (CEFLA s.c.).
WARNING!
Always wear gloves to prevent contact with infected material when
carrying out this operation.
At the end of each surgical procedure.
• Suck in about half a liter of solution prepared with the selected disinfectant
with each of the suction tubes used.
•Sterilizethecannulaholderterminalsinasteamautoclaveat135°C(2
bar) following the instructions for use of the device.
At the end of each work day.
•Drawin1literofwaterwitheachsuctiontube,alternatingwaterandair
(keep the suction tube alternately in and out of the water).
•Oncerinsedwithwater,drawinapproximatelyhalfaliterofthesolution
prepared with the selected disinfectant with each of the suction tubes
used.
NOTE: after disinfecting, it is good practise to draw in air only to
dry the entire suction system (5 minutes).
Every 15 days.
• Clean the separator container and probes with a soft sponge and neutral
detergent.
• Clean the drain valve for the separator’s container with the device pro-
vided for this purpose.
Once a year.
•Bytechnician:checkthesiphonsanddrains,checkalltheinternaltubes
andplasticandrubberpartssubjecttowear.
Before leaving the surgery empty for a few days.
• Start the aspirator and run it 20 - 30 minutes without sucking in liquids.
Theaspiratorwilldryitselfcompletely.Asaresult,saltcausedbymoisture
andbasicsubstanceswillnotform,saltthatmaycausefanseizureand
motor blockage.
How to remove the separator’s container
WARNING!
Gloves must be worn when carrying out this operation to prevent
contact with infected material.
• Move the dental chair fully up.
•Openthesidehydrogroupcover(seeparagraph7.6.).
•Completelyemptytheseparatorbowl,pressingthetimedbutton(c ) located
on the cover.
• Ifpresent,removethevalve(s ) for central systems.
•
Turnandraisethecontainer(d ) until it is detached from the drain pump ( k ).
•Detachthebowl(d ) from the cover ( f ) pulling up the two side rubber bands
( e ).
•Afterthecleaningoperations,retthevessel(d ) after lubricating the
O-rings with S1-Protective Lubricant for O-Rings (CEFLA s.c.) O-ring
before hand with silicon spray.
•Lastly,closethesidehydrogroupcover.
9.6. CATTANI gravity amalgam separator
Drainingtheseparator’scontainer.
• Move the dental unit completely up so that as much liquid as possible
can be drained from the container.
WARNING!
Gloves must be worn when carrying out this operation to prevent
contact with infected material.
•Turnthecontainer(m ) counter-clockwise and remove it.
•RefertotheinstructionsprovidedbyCATTANIenclosedwiththeequipment
to drain the container in the disposable container provided for this purpose
(article code 97290027).
WARNING!
When disposing one-time use containers full of amalgam, observe
current local and national laws.