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13. Reprocessing guidelines
General notes
Follow your local and national laws, directives,
standards and guidelines for cleaning, disinfection,
and sterilisation.
– Wear protective clothing, safety glasses, face
mask and gloves.
– Use only oil-free, filtered compressed air with a
maximum operating pressure of 3 bar for manual
drying.
– Clean and disinfect the motor with cable and
handpiece immediately after every treatment.
– Sterilise the motor with cable and handpiece prior
to every use.
– The control unit is not approved for automated
cleaning and disinfection.
– Do not immerse the control unit or clean it under
running water.
Cleaning agents, disinfectants, and disinfector
– Read the notes, follow the instructions, and heed
the warnings provided by the manufacturers of
washer-disinfectors.
– Read the notes, follow the instructions, and heed
the warnings provided by the manufacturers of
cleaning agents and/ or disinfectants.
– Use only detergents which are intended for
cleaning and/or disinfecting medical devices made
of metal and plastic.
– It is imperative to comply with the concentrations
and exposure times specified by the manufacturer
of the disinfectant.
Use disinfectants which have been tested and found
effective by the Verbund für Angewandte Hygiene
e.V. (VAH = Association for Applied Hygiene),
the Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Hygiene,
Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin (ÖGHMP
= Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology
and Preventive Medicine), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
The user is responsible for validating its process if
the specified cleaning agents and disinfectants are
not available.
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