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Equinox® II Administration System manual
3.2 CLEANING AND DISINFECTION
Routine cleaning and/or disinfection of the Equinox® II
Administration System should be undertaken after each patient
use as follows to maintain the equipment in a clean condition.
NOTE:
The use of a patient circuit or a bacterial/viral filter with
the Equinox® II demand valve isolates the patient’s exhaled breath
from the demand valve internal pathways. Therefore, the need for
the cleaning and disinfection, after each patient use, of the Non-
rebreathing Patient Valve (A & C) and Diaphragm (B), attached to
the demand valve, is negated.
It is however recommended that the demand valve is cleaned and
disinfected externally using a hard surface disinfectant suitable
for use with the materials of manufacture.
Demand
Valve Body
D
Anti-entrainment
Ring
C
Diaphragm
B
Non-re-
breathing
Patient
Valve
Fig 01
A