Chapter 6 Chemical Disinfection
This chapter explains how to perform chemical disinfection.
Perform chemical disinfection after pre-cleaning and manual cleaning.
WARNING
When immersing this product in disinfectant solution, immerse the entire
unit. If not properly immersed, effective chemical disinfection cannot be
achieved.
When this product is immersed in the chemical solution, remove air
bubbles on the surface. Not doing so may pose an infection risk.
CAUTION
After immersing in the chemical solution, wash off the remaining
disinfectant solution with sterile water. Otherwise, disinfecting liquid might
flow into a patient’s body.
CAUTION
Do not use boiling or autoclaving for this product. Doing so may cause
damage to the endoscopic ultrasonic probe.
6.1 Method of Chemical Disinfection
To enhance the effect of disinfection, perform pre-cleaning and manual cleaning
carefully before disinfection according to Sections 5.4 and 5.5.
Use water (sterile water) to disinfect this product. For disinfectant solutions, refer to “6.2
Disinfectant Solution”.
Table 6.1 Applicable methods of disinfection for the endoscopic ultrasonic probe
Chemical disinfection
Yes
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