MELAG MELAquick 12+ - Glossary

Glossary
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Glossary
AKI
AKI is the abbreviation for “Arbeitskreis Instrumentenauf-
bereitung” (Instrument Reprocessing Working Group)
Authorised technician
An authorised technician is a person intensively trained
and authorised by MELAG who has sufficient specific de-
vice and technical knowledge. to perform maintenance and
installation work on MELAG devices. Only they may carry
out this work.
Batch
The batch is the composition of items which has been sub-
ject to the same reprocessing procedure.
CF card
The CF card is a memory medium for digital data; Com-
pact Flash is an official standard, i.e. these memory cards
can be used in every device fitted with the corresponding
slot. The CF card can be read by every device that sup-
ports the standard and where necessary, written on.
Competent personnel
Trained personnel in accordance with national specifica-
tions for the respective area of application (dentistry, medi-
cine, podiatry, veterinary medicine, cosmetics, piercing,
tattoo) with the following contents: knowledge of instru-
ments, hygiene and microbiology, risk assessment and
classification of medical devices and instrument reprocess-
ing.
Conductivity
is the ability of a conductive chemical substance or mixture
of substances to conduct or transfer energy or other sub-
stances or particles in space.
Corrosion
The chemical alteration or destruction of metal materials by
water and chemicals
Delay in boiling
This refers to the phenomenon that it is possible under cer-
tain circumstances to heat a fluid beyond its boiling point
without them boiling. This represents an unstable state;
even low-level agitation can produce a large bubble within
the shortest period, which expands explosively.
Demineralised water
Water without the minerals usually found in normal spring
or tap water; is produced through ion exchange of normal
tap water. It is used here as feed water.
DGSV
Abb.: “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sterilgutverordnung”
(German Association for the Sterilized Equipment Ordi-
nance). The DSGV training centres are specified in DIN
58946, part 6 as “Requirements of personnel”.
DGUV Regulation 1
DGUV is the abbreviation for “Deutsche Gesetzliche Un-
fallversicherung” (German Statutory Accident Insurance).
The regulation 1 governs the principles of prevention.
DIN 58953
Standard – sterilization, sterile equipment supply
Distilled water
From the Latin aqua destillata; also referred to as aqua
dest; water which to a great extent is free from salts,
organic material and micro-organisms, is produced from
normal tap water or pre-cleaned water through the process
of distillation (evaporation and subsequent condensation).
Distilled water is used, for example, as feed water for
steam sterilizers.
Empty chamber test
Test run without a load, performed to assess the perfor-
mance of a sterilizer without the influence of a load; facili-
tating verification of the temperatures maintained in com-
parison to the temperatures set. [see EN13060]
EN 13060
Standard – small steam sterilizers
EN 1717
Standard - protection of drinking water from soiling in drink-
ing water installations and general requirements for safety
devices to prevent drinking water contamination through
backflow.
EN 868
Standard – packaging materials and systems for medical
products requiring sterilization
Feed water
Feed water is required to produce steam for sterilization.
Guide values for water quality in accordance with EN285 /
EN13060 – Appendix C
Load
Products, devices or materials that are reprocessed
together in one operating cycle.
Mixed loads
wrapped and unwrapped load within a single batch
MPBetreibV
Abbreviation for “Medizinprodukte-Betreiberverordnung”
[Medical Product Operator Ordinance]. Ordinance covering
the installation, operation, application and maintenance of
medical products according to §3 of the Medical Devices
Directive with the exception of medical products for clinical
evaluation or performance evaluation.
Multiple wrapping
e.g. wrapped instruments sealed in a double layer of film or
wrapped in film and placed in an additional container or a
container wrapped in textiles.