Commissioning And Preparing The Sterilisation - Tecno-gaz ANDROMEDA VACUUM xp 20 Manual De Uso

PAR. 12
COMMISSIONING AND PREPARING THE STERILIZATION
1. Carry out the installation operations as described in PAR.6, 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 lever. In case you cannot open the door, check that the door lock in not
inserted. Pressing the "14A" to operate the door interlock, to carry out the door release.
4. Load the instruments placing them on the supplied trays. It is fundamental not to overlap the
instruments or the bags and not to overload the trays. The max. capacity is of 700 g for each tray.
5. To obtain a good drying it is important that the wrapped instruments are placed in the trays with plastic
side downwards and obviously the paper side upwards. This is done to ease the output of air bubbles
during sterilisation and the vapour drops condensed during drying, as specified in PAR.7.
6. 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. It is
recommend the use of VAPOR LINE EXTENDER integrators.
7. 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.9.
8. Close the door using the handle.
9. Select the cycle using the button "13A".
10. On the "TIME/MESS." display, the initials relating to the set cycle C1 (if the cycle 134°C, not wrapped,
has been set), C2 (if the cycle 134°C wrapped, has been set), C3 (if the cycle 121°C, not wrapped, has
been set), C4 (if the cycle 121°C, wrapped, has been set) or C5 (if the cycle 134°C SPECIAL, without
drying, has been set).
11. Press button "START/STOP". 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. During the pre-heating cycle, the vacuum pump is started and creates vacuum in the
chamber. On the "TIME/MESS." display, the initials UAC indicating the operation of the vacuum pump are
displayed. Once the pre-set vacuum has been reached, some water is inserted in 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.
12. 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.
13. 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 and then the vacuum pump starts working. The
vacuum pump is started to suck the rest steam enabling a better drying.
14. In case after starting the sterilisation cycle you wish to stop it, proceed as follows: Press the
"START/STOP" button, 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 "13A" button, to
cancel the alarm. Press the "14A" button, to activate the door unlocking device: now it is possible to
open the door with the handle.
15. If at the end of the sterilisation cycle on the "TIME/MESS." display, an alarm code is displayed, for
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