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Nominal parameters default settings
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Sterilization temperature: 121C (150F).
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Sterilization time: 30 minutes.
Operations sequence:
• (PV, pre-vacuum models only)
Pulse low/Pulse high: at one pulse it
will build vacuum down to 25 kPa.
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Water Inlet: Water enters the chamber.
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Heating: The chamber is heated by actuation of electrical heaters
until the sterilization temperature is reached.
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Sterilization: Sterilization temperature is maintained constant during
the sterilization time.
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Cooling: Forced cooling to the required end temperature, chamber
pressure remains at approx. 300 kPa and the cooling valve is
opened.
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Fast Exhaust: the steam is exhausted out of the chamber at a fast
rate until pressure decreases to ambient pressure.
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Drying: N/A
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Ending: The system checks that End temperature and End pressure
have been reached, and then releases the door.
5.7 Program 7: Bio Hazard 1 (BH, bio-hazard models
only)
All exhaust from the chamber before completion of the
Sterilization stage is performed through the bio-hazard filter. For
instruments when the manufacturer recommends autoclaving at