7. Maintenance and Cleaning
7.3 Cleaning
Procedures
Note:
All parts of the instrument that come into contact with potentially
infectious material must be treated as potentially infectious areas. It is
advisable to wear protective gloves when performing the cleaning
procedure and also when making adjustments to the instrument.
The most important cleaning procedure for this instrument is to rinse the liquid
system with distilled water before the instrument is left to stand or switched off at
the end of each day.
The manifold should be removed and thoroughly cleaned at least once a month
or if one or more of the needles are blocked.
Note:
If the manifold is not rinsed, the needles will become blocked. This will
result in the manifold either needing expensive repairs or it could
become completely ruined.
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Instructions for Use for Columbus Washer No. I 109 006 Rev No. 2.2
May 2003
