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Scanner Pedestal Care
The scanner pedestal requires an intermediate-level disinfection.
WARNINGS
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Concerning hand hygiene and personnel safety when performing pre- cleaning and
disinfection/sterilization, you must wear clean surgical gloves before you start.
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Always ensure that you have pre-cleaned and disinfected/sterilized the scanner body,
scanner pedestal, and scanner head before each scan.
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The caring methods for the scanner pedestal, scanner body, and scanner head are
different and must be executed separately. After disinfecting the scanner pedestal, you may
proceed with the scanner body and finally the Scanner head.
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Ensure that the scanner body is not placed in the pedestal prior to disinfecting the
scanner pedestal.
Follow the steps below to complete the disinfection:
(1)
Disconnect the power of the
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(see Disconnecting the scanner on chapter 4).
(2) Hold the pedestal firmly with your hand.
(3) Use new cotton gauze moistened with 70%-75% solution of ethanol to wipe the surface
of pedestal.
CAUTION
Avoid using detergent of any kind as some detergents or surfactants might penetrate into
the surface of the pedestal.
(4) When done, store the pedestal in a clean and safe place.
(5) Proceed to the disinfection of the scanner body (see Scanner body care on chapter 10).
Scanner Body Care
The scanner body requires an intermediate-level disinfection.
WARNINGS
⚫
Concerning hand hygiene and personnel safety when performing pre- cleaning and
disinfection/sterilization, you must wear clean surgical gloves before you start.
⚫
Always ensure that you have pre-cleaned and disinfected/sterilized the scanner body,
scanner pedestal, and scanner head before each scan.
⚫
The caring methods for the scanner pedestal, scanner body, and scanner head are
different and must be executed separately. Before disinfecting the scanner body, you shall start