Laerdal LGH Simplified Resuscitator - Manual (Page 10)

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10 Cleaning and Disinfection
1. Cleaning
1 Wash all parts in warm water using a mild detergent. Use a scrub brush / bottle brush to
remove any soil.
2 Rinse the parts carefully with clean water to remove all soil and detergent.
3 Repeat the above steps. Inspect to ensure that no soil is visible. If necessary, the manual
washing may be repeated.
4 Allow the parts to dry completely.
5 Continue with one of the disinfection methods below.
2. Disinfection
All resuscitator parts can be disinfected by one of the following approved methods, listed in
descending order of efficiency.
Steam autoclaving
All resuscitator parts can be autoclaved in distilled water at 136 °C and 2.0 kg/cm for
10 - 20 minutes.
Chemical disinfection
All parts can be disinfected in an activated glutaraldehyde or Cidex solution of the
recommended concentration.
Do as follows:
1 Rinse in clean water by totally immersing all parts.
2 Leave immersed in the solution for 60 minutes at 25 °C.
3 Remove parts from the solution using normal aseptic technique.
4 Rinse by immersing parts completely in 500 ml of clean water for 1 minute. Repeat once.
Boiling in water
Boil all resuscitator parts for approximately 10 minutes.
3. Drying
Dry all parts thoroughly before re-assembling.
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