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11 • Cleaning and disinfection
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Chapter 11
Cleaning and disinfection
Safety Instructions
The unit is contaminated
Risk of infection to the patient and medical personnel.
Follow the instructions for cleaning and disinfecting the unit.
Alternate use of disinfectant solutions based on different active
ingredients
The agents may affect one another. The disinfection effect of the dis-
infectant solution may be weakened. Risk of infection to the patient
and medical personnel.
The housing plastic may become brittle and break. A color reaction
may occur with plastics.
Do not use these substances alternately.
Connection of unit and power supply during cleaning and disinfec-
tion
Risk of electric shock to the medical personnel!
Switch off the unit. Unplug the power plug of the unit.
Flammable detergents and disinfectants, flammable solvents in
adhesives used on the patient and on the unit
Risk of fire and explosion to the patient and medical personnel! Risk
of damage to property.
Use products that are not flammable.
If the use of flammable products is unavoidable, proceed as fol-
lows:
Allow the products to evaporate completely before switching on
the unit.
Check whether flammable liquids have accumulated under the
patient, in body recesses such as the navel, or in body cavities
such as the vagina. Remove any liquids before performing elec-
trosurgery.
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