Philips IntelliVue TRx Instructions For Use Manual page 228

Cleaning and Sterilization
Equipment and
Materials
EO is highly explosive, toxic, and a potential occupational carcinogenic and
reproductive hazard. Handle it with extreme care, following U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for EO
(29 CFR 1910.1047)
monitored per OSHA standards.
Vent sterilizer gas outdoors or to a suitable, evacuated container for
reprocessing, depending upon state, provincial, or country environmental
regulations. Do not vent sterilant indoors.
Vent aerator exhaust only to the outdoors.
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Use the following equipment and material to process the transceiver:
EO The following generic procedure can be used to supplement the sterilizer
Sterilization
manufacturer's instructions, although the processing times, temperatures, and
EO concentrations must be equivalent to those given in this procedure in order
to achieve a sterility level of 10E-6.
11-8 Maintenance, Cleaning & Troubleshooting
Draft - 1 Aug 08
Warning Warning
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Personnel exposure and/or room air must be
See "References" on page 11-11.
1. Ethylene Oxide gas (Allied Signal Oxyfume-2002™ or equivalent).
2. Gas sterilizer manufactured by American Sterilizer Company or other
appropriate manufacturer.
Step Action
1
Remove any obvious contamination from the equipment to be
processed using approved cleaners.
2
Individually package each transceiver in standard central supply
room (CSR) wrapping material secured with EO color-change indi-
cator tape.