12. Cleaning instructions
Optomed Smartscope M5 is a precision optics instrument that should be handled with care. Please note
following cleaning instructions for camera and optics modules:
• Shut down device before cleaning it
• Remove cradle from mains before cleaning it
• Disinfect housing with soft cloth moistened with alcohol (e.g. 70% ethanol). Avoid touching
System connectors in the handset and cradle.
• Lenses may be cleaned with cleaning cloth. Also moist-cleaning tissue such as Hama Pro-Optic®
cleaning tissue can be used.
Optomed Smartscope is not intended to be sterilized.
Clean Eye optics (EY4, FA) and Eye surface optics (ES2) eye cup before each use on a new patient:
• disinfect eye cup with soft cloth moistened with alcohol (e.g. 70% ethanol), or
• soak eye cup in glutaraldehyde based solution, or hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid solution
such as Erisan OXY+
• rinse the eye cup under running water
• dry the eye cup (e.g. with clean paper towel) before subsequent use
If replacement for eye cup (EY4, FA) is needed, please contact Optomed or your own retailer.
Eye cup should be replaced if/when:
• eye cup is discolored
• eye cup form is deteriorated
• eye cup is shattered, cracked or disintegrated