Commissioning And Preparing The Sterilisation - Tecno-gaz ANDROMEDA PLUS xp Manual De Uso

PAR. 11
COMMISSIONING AND PREPARING THE STERILIZATION
1. Carry out the installation operations as described in PAR.5, the autoclave is ready to be used. Pay
attention to the instructions below.
2. Turn on the autoclave pressing the main switch. The autoclave pre-heats at 80°C; if it is not used, it
remains in the stand-by cycle for 60 minutes.
3. Open the door using the handle. In case you cannot open the door, check that the door lock in not
inserted. Pressing the 12A you should hear the unlocking noise.
4. Load the instruments placing them on the supplied trays. It is fundamental not to overlap the
instruments and not to overload the trays. The max. capacity is of 1Kg for each tray.
5. Each time a sterilisation cycle is carried out insert an integrator in the sterilisation chamber to have the
confirmation of the carried out sterilisation; we recommend to place the integrator in the middle of the
sterilisation chamber. Its recommended the use of SteriScan integrators.
6. Check the level of the distilled water making sure that the LED "LEVEL WATER TANK, min." has turned
on. If the LED has turned off, you can sterilise otherwise fill the tank as described in PAR.8.
7. Close the door using the handle.
8. Select the cycle using the button 11A.
9. On the "TIME/MESS." display, the initials relating to the set cycle "C1, C2, C3, C4, C5.
10. Press button "0/1". In this way, you start the fast cycle for pre-heating and on the "TIME/MESS." display
, the figure indicating the sterilisation time and including drying time (without pre-heating time) will blink.
The fast pre-heating cycle changes according to the load to be sterilised and the temperature of the
sterilisation chamber. Pressure and temperature increase to reaching the sterilisation parameters. (The
pressure and temperature parameters which are present in the chamber are always visualised on the
"PRESSURE" display, and on the "TEMPERATURE" display .
11. During the pre-heating phase when the autoclave is heating to reach the right pressure, on the
"TIME/MESS." display the letter H is displayed followed by the blinking time. After reaching the selected
sterilisation parameters, on the "TIME/MESS." display, the letter H disappears and a blinking letter S is
followed by the sterilisation time which progressively decreases up to the end of the cycle.
12. After the sterilisation time, the "TIME/MESS." display, visualises letter A followed by the drying time
which indicates when the autoclave is in drying phase.
13. In case after starting the sterilisation cycle you wish to stop it, proceed as follows: Press the button
"0/1", wait that the pressure indicated by the "PRESSURE" display, is at 0 bar. On the "TIME/MESS."
display, the writing "Int" (interrupted cycle) is displayed, press the 11A, to cancel the alarm. Press the
"12A" button, to activate the door unlocking device: Now it is possible to open the door with the handle.
14. If at the end of the sterilisation cycle on the "TIME/MESS." display, an alarm code is displayed, for
instance: (AL6, AL7, etc.... see PAR. 15), this means that the sterilisation cycle has not taken place in
the right way, so it is necessary to repeat the cycle.
15. At the end of the cycle on the "TIME/MESS." display the writing "END" is displayed followed by an
acoustic sign: Now it is possible to open the door by following the warnings below.
16. Before opening the door, make sure that there is no pressure inside the sterilisation chamber; the
"PRESSURE" display must indicate 0 bar. IF THE PRESSURE VALUE IS HIGHER THAN 0, IS NOT
POSSIBLE OPENING THE DOOR.
17. USE PROTECTIVE GLOVES TO REMOVE THE LOAD FROM THE STERILIZATION CHAMBER.
18. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR, DO NOT STAY ABOVE OR IN FRONT OF IT TO AVOID BURN DUE TO
THE VAPOUR COMING OUTS.
19. When opening the door it is normal to find residual water inside the door seal.
20. If the sterilisation chamber is not opened after the end of the sterilisation cycle, the inner vapour tends
to condense on the closing door, thus forming condensate drops which fall on the floor while opening.
21. Remove the instruments from the autoclave.
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