Preparation/Reprocessing and Maintenance of Medical Devices
The brochures edited by the Instrument Preparation Working Group (AKI = Arbeitskreis Instrumenten-Aufbereitung) contain recommendations for the proper handling and maintenance of medical devices (i.e. surgical instruments, endoscopes and equipment etc.) in hospitals as well as dental instruments in dentists' practices.
On the AKI website you will find not only these brochures for download but also interesting information about the activity and the results of the research done by AKI.
The Red Brochure is a guideline for the appropriate preparation, reprocessing and maintenance of following products:
- Surgical instruments
- Microsurgical instruments
- Dental instruments
- Surgical motor systems
- HF instruments
- Endoscopes (rigid and flexible)
- Supple/Elastic instruments
- Respiration Systems
This brochure contains following chapters:
1.0 Materials
2.0 Water Used for Instrument Processing
3.0 How to Treat Brand-New and Repaired Instruments
4.0 Treatment Recommendations for Returned Goods
5.0 Preparation for Cleaning and Disinfecting
6.0 Manual and Machine-Based Cleaning and Disinfecting
6.1 Manual Cleaning/Disinfecting
6.2 Machine-Based Cleaning and Disinfecting
6.3 Ultrasonic Cleaning and Disinfecting
7.0 Final Disinfection
8.0 Check and Care
9.0 Packaging
10.0 Sterilization
11.0 Storage
12.0 Surface Changes, Deposits, Corrosion, Ageing, Swelling
and Stress Fractures
The Red Brochure is available as a PDF document in following languages:
Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish.
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