Accessory Cleaning Guidelines

Keeping your SpO2 sensors, ECG cables and NIBP accessories clean and disinfected will increase the lifespan of these accessories and improve infection control within your facility. Please follow the guidelines below to ensure you are cleaning these accessories correctly:

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Cleaning Instructions

To keep your cable free of dust and dirt clean it with a lint-free cloth, moistened with either warm water (40°C/104°F maximum) and soap, a diluted non-caustic detergent or one of the approved cleaning agents listed below. Never immerse or soak the cable. Do not allow the cleaning agent to remain on the cable, remove it immediately by wiping with a cloth dampened with water. Recommended Cleaning Solutions Mild soaps; Dishwasher detergents: Edisonite Schnellreiniger, Alconox;

Alcohol: Ethanol 70%, Isopropanol 70%, window cleaner

Disinfecting

We recommend that you disinfect the cable only when necessary as determined by your hospital′s policy, to avoid long term damage to the cable. Never immerse or soak the cable. Do not allow the disinfectant to remain on the cable, remove it immediately by wiping with a cloth dampened with water.

Recommended Disinfecting Solutions Alcohol based: Ethanol 70%, Isopropanol 70%; Aldehyde based: Cidex,

Sterilizing

Quat Formula We recommend that you sterilize only when necessary as determined by your hospitals policy to avoid long term damage to the cable. We also recommend that the cable be cleaned first as described in "Cleaning Instructions". The cable has been tested to withstand Ethylene Oxide(EtO) gas sterilization. Be sure that all safety precautions regarding aeration after EtO exposure are followed.

Caution Do not autoclave the cable or use bleaches containing sodium hypochlorite (for example, Clorox).

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