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Chapter 8 – Function test
In this chapter you learn
How the autoclave automatically carries out the function test
Which possibilities you have for the manual function test
Which function tests should be conducted in daily operation
Why and how you should conduct a vacuum test
Why and how you should conduct a Bowie & Dick test
How you carry out batch-related tests
How you display the water quality
Automatic function test
Process evaluation and
monitoring system
The interaction of the sterilization-relevant parameters of pressure,
temperature and time are continually automatically monitored by the
electronic parameter control.
The
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process evaluation system of the autoclave compares the process
parameters with each other during the program and monitors them with
respect to their limit values.
The monitoring system of the autoclave checks the device components
with regard to their functional reliability and their plausible interaction. If
the parameters exceed defined limit values, the autoclave outputs warning
messages or error messages. If necessary, it aborts the program with a
corresponding notice.
If the program was successfully concluded, an appropriate message is
issued on the
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display.
Manual function test
You can track the program sequence based on the values shown on the
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display. Furthermore on the basis of logs made for every program, you
can logically reconstruct whether a program was successful (see page29,
Chapter