Areas of application
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Preparing
the load
Only load items which have been declared by their manufacturer as
suitable for machine reprocessing may be processed. The manu-
facturer’s specific reprocessing instructions must be observed.
Contaminated load items pose a health risk.
Contaminated load items can result in various hazards to the
health, which can lead to infections, poisoning, injuries and more
depending on the type of contamination.
When working with contaminated load items, ensure that all neces-
sary measures are taken to protect personnel.
Wear protective gloves and use suitable aids.
– Arrange the load so that wash water can access all surfaces. This
ensures thorough and proper cleaning.
– Do not place load items inside other items where they may be con-
cealed.
– Do not place load items so close together that cleaning is
hampered.
– Lumened load items must be thoroughly cleaned, internally and ex-
ternally, by the wash water. Depending on the load, special irriga-
tion connectors may be required here, e.g. nozzles, irrigation
sleeves or adapters.
– Ensure that load items with long, narrow, hollow sections can be
flushed through properly before placing them in inserts or connect-
ing them to an irrigation connector.
– Lumened instruments should be inverted and placed in the correct
mobile units, modules and inserts to ensure that wash water can
flow in and out of them unrestricted.
– Deep-sided load items should be placed at an angle to make sure
the wash water runs off them freely.
– Tall, narrow lumened instruments should be placed in the centre of
the mobile units if they are not going to be sprayed directly. This
ensures the insides of the lumened instruments are more easily ac-
cessed by the water jets.
– Take apart any load items which can be dismantled according to
the manufacturer’s instructions and reprocess the individual parts
separately from each other.
– Lightweight load items should be secured with a cover net such as
the A 6 to prevent them from spinning around in the wash chamber
and blocking the spray arms.
– Only reprocess small items and micro components in special in-
serts, mesh trays with lids or mesh inserts.
– The spray arms must not be blocked by load items which are too
tall or which hang down in their path.
