Johnson & Johnson ASP STERRAD 200, User Manual

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Preparing Items To Be Sterilized
20 STERRAD
®
200 User’s Guide
Items Not Recommended
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Items made with copper or copper alloys (such as Monel), should not be
used. Please contact the ASP Customer Care Center at 1-888-STERRAD for
more information.
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Instrument mats other than STERRAD Instrument Mats.
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Instrument trays other than STERRAD Instrument Trays or APTIMAX
®
Instrument Trays.
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Any item that is not completely dry.
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Items or materials that absorb liquids.
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Items made of materials that contain cellulose, such as cotton, paper or
cardboard, linens, huck towels, gauze sponges, or any item containing wood
pulp.
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Paper instrument count sheets or lot stickers.
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Liquids and powders.
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Items with mated, Nylon
®
surfaces.
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Single use items for which the manufacturer does not recommend
resterilization.
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Implants for which the manufacturer has not specifically recommended
sterilization in the STERRAD 200 Sterilizer.
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Instruments and devices that cannot withstand a vacuum and are labeled for
gravity steam sterilization methods only.
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Items whose design permits the surfaces to collapse onto each other unless
some method is used to keep the surfaces separated.
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Devices with internal parts, such as sealed bearings, that cannot be immersed
may present difficulties in cleaning and should not be processed in the
STERRAD 200 Sterilizer.