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CLEANING AND STERILISATION
NOTE: Repeated reconditioning has a
minimal effect on the devices and their
accessories. The end of the service life of
the accessories is generally determined
by wear or damage resulting from use.
Mectron guarantees the integrity of its scaler
handpieces for up to 250 reconditioning
cycles.
6.1
Cleaning the Sterilisable Accessories
NOTE: The cleaning procedures must be
performed immediately after each use.
Immerse the insert and/or instrument in
demineralised water or in an enzymatic
detergent solution immediately after use.
Do not leave residue or blood deposits on
the inserts and instruments, eliminate larger
impurities with a disposable cloth or paper
towel.
The sterilisable parts of the appliance are:
• Scaler handpiece;
• Scaler nose cone;
• Inserts;
• Inserts tightening wrench.
Before proceeding with operations to check
cleanliness (
Chapter 6.2 on page 30
and lubrication (
Chapter 6.3 on page 31
and then sterilisation (
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), one of the two possible cleaning meth-
ods explained in detail in the following chap-
ters must be selected.
CLEANING AND STERILISATION
), drying
)
Chapter 6.4 on page
CAUTION: The instructions supplied
below have been validated by the
manufacturer of the medical device as ABLE
to prepare a medical device for re-use.
The process manager is responsible for
ensuring that the processes repeated are
effectively performed using the equipment,
materials and staff in the reprocessing
structure in order to obtain the desired
result. This generally requires the validation
and systematic monitoring of the process.
Similarly, all deviations from the instructions
provided by the processes manager must be
adequately assessed to judge their efficiency
and potential undesired consequences.
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