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Chapter 5 – Logging
In this chapter you learn
Why and how you document batches
Which output media you can employ for the batch documentation in which way
How to read the logs correctly
How to set the date and time at the autoclave
Batch documentation
The batch documentation is indispensable as documentation for the
successfully completed sterilization process and as an obligatory measure
of quality assurance (
→
Medical Devices Operator Ordinance).
The data, such as type of program as well as
→
batch and process
parameters of the completed programs, are stored in an internal log
memory of the autoclave.
For the batch documentation you can transfer the internal log memory
readout and the data onto diverse output media. This can take place
immediately after every completed program or subsequently, e.g. at the
end of a work day in the practice.
Capacity of the internal
log memory
The capacity of the internal storage suffices for about 40 logs.
If the internal log memory is full, when starting the next program the
respectively oldest report is automatically overwritten.
If you have connected a printer and additionally the option immediate
printout is set to "no" (see also Page 32,
Automatic immediate log
output
), a confirmation prompt appears before the saved record is
overwritten. For additional information on connecting the printer, see page
30,
Connect printer
.
Output media
You can store the logs of the completed programs on the following output
media and archive them accordingly.
Log printer MELA
®
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MELA
flash
CF Card Writer
on CF card
Computer
with
software
MELA
win
®
State on initial delivery
No option for the output of the logs is set in the initial delivery state of the
autoclave. You can read below how to output the logs on the cited media.