Program Selection - Sirona DAC PROFESSIONAL Instrucciones De Uso

Chapter 4 – Sterilizing

Program selection

Using the program select key (P), choose between the initial operating state and the desired program.
Then select the sterilization program based on whether and how the items to be sterilized are wrapped.
You must also note the thermal stability of the items to be sterilized.
The following tables show which program you should use for particular items to be sterilized.
Table 1: Summary of the sterilization programs
Sterilization
temperature
Sterilization pressure
Sterilization time
Operating times
Operating time*
The drying process
*without drying (full load with DAC PROFESSIONAL and DAC PROFESSIONAL
the loading and conditions set, e.g., mains voltage
Table 2: Summary of the use of the particular sterilization programs
Program
Universal program
Quick program S
Quick program B
Gentle program
Prion program
*valid for DAC PROFESSIONAL and DAC PROFESSIONAL
18
Universal Quick
program program B
134 °C 134 °C
2/29 bars/psi 2/29 bars/psi
5.5 min 3.5 min
30 min 28 min
20 min 10 min
Packaging/suitability
single and multiple wrapped, mixed loads;
handpieces, long narrow-bore hollow instruments
(hollow A and B)
only unwrapped (no textiles)
simple solid instruments, simple hollow instruments
(hollow B)
single wrapped and unwrapped (no textiles) handpieces,
long narrow-bore hollow instruments (hollow A and B)
single and multiple wrapped
large quantities of textiles,
thermolabile items (e.g., plastic, rubber items); mixed
loads; narrow-bore hollow instruments
(hollow A and B)
single and multiple wrapped
instruments for which there is a suspected risk of
infection due to pathologically altered proteins (e.g.,
Creutzfeld-Jacob, BSE); narrow-bore hollow instruments
(hollow A and B)
Quick Gentle
program S program
134 °C 121 °C
2/29 bars/psi 1 bar
3.5 min 20.5 min
15 min 45 min
5 min 20 min
+
: 5 kg) and depending on
+
Prion
program
134 °C
2/29 bars/psi
20.5 min
45 min
20 min
Loaded quantity*
5 kg
5 kg
single wrapped
1.5 kg or
unwrapped 5 kg
Textiles
1.8 kg or
thermolabile items
5 kg
5 kg