Atherton Sterilizer System Admin User Manual Rev 2

WORD FROM ATHERTON This manual contains important information on the proper use and maintenance of the Atherton STERILIZER SERIES Sterilizer range. It is intended that this manual be read in conjunction with the Short Form User Manual, the purpose of this manual is to outline the Administration tasks for customising the operation of your Atherton Sterilizer. All operators and Departmental Heads are urged to carefully read this manual and become familiar with the warnings, cautions and instructions contained within it. A thorough Scheduled Maintenance Programme is essential for safe and reliable sterilization. You are urged to contact the ATHERTON SERVICE MANAGER in your State to arrange a maintenance programme for your equipment. Due to the continuous programme of research and development conducted by ATHERTON, all design details are subject to change without notice. IMPORTANT: For warranty to be valid, complete, sign, and return the "installation and commissioning" form to: A. E. Atherton & Sons Pty. Ltd. P.O. Box 116, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 3070.

WARNING Must be followed carefully to avoid endangering human life and/or damage to equipment.

CAUTION Should be followed to ensure proper operation of equipment.

NOTE & IMPORTANT Contains important information and useful tips on operation of equipment

Atherton Sales and Service Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Tasmania, ACT & New South Wales

Ph: 1300 580 870 Queensland Contact

Sterilizing Equipment Sales & Service Ph: 07 3849 1077

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INDEX Section 1

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Topic

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INSTALLATION

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1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4

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TRANSPORT PROTECTION DOOR SUPPORT INSTALLED CHECK LIST about this manual

INTRODUCTION

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2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5

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GENERAL NOTE ABOUT TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY TITLE BAR FUNCTIONALITY MAIN AREA FUNCTIONALITY BOTTOM NAVIGATION BAR USAGE REPORT 2.5.1 Define Shifts 2.5.2 Usage Report Details 2.5.3 Usage Counter Example 2.6 CYCLE START SCREENS – NO security 2.7 CYCLE START SCREENS – with security 2.8 OPERATING SCREENS 2.9 TREND SCREEN 2.10 SYSTEM SCHEMATIC 2.11 REMAINING TIME

3 SECOND (SLAVE) SCREEN FUNCTIONALITY MODELS ONLY 3.1

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GENERAL NOTE ABOUT “THIS END” “OTHER END” DISPLAY

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DOUBLE DOOR OPERATION

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4.1

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SETTING THE UNLOADING END

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LOW LEVEL BAS INTERFACE

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COMPRESSED AIR GASKET BACK-UP

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CONDENSATE RETENTION

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CONDENSATE RETENTION – SEQUENCE OF OPERATION 7.1.1 Condensate Retention - PASS 7.1.2 Condensate Retention – FAIL 7.2 CONDENSATE RETENTION – CYCLE SETTINGS 7.2.1 Lab Vac Cycle Parameters 7.2.2 Pre Vac Parameters 7.2.3 Post Vac Parameters 7.2.4 Enabling or Disabling Pre Vac, Post Vac

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ADMINISTRATOR SECTION

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8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7

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CUSTOMISING YOUR STERILIZER 8.1.1 Operator Level SYSTEM SERVICE SETTING TIME & DATE ANALOGUE READINGS STERILIZER ADMINISTRATOR MENU 8.5.1 Administrator Level SETTING NEW OPERATOR NAME & I.D. CODES 8.6.1 Function of Operator Names & ID SETTING FAVOURITE CYCLES 8.7.1 Create, Modify Or Delete A Favourite Cycle 8.7.2 Delete Or Modify A Favourite Cycle 8.7.3 Create Favourite Cycle FAULT REPORT CUSTOMISED OPERATION 8.9.1 Data Logging & Sterilizer Name

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8.9.2 Enable Standby Mode and Fluid Probe Cool down 8.9.3 Warm-Up Parameters 8.9.4 Abort Parameters 8.9.5 Theoretical Pressure 8.9.6 Auto Holding Time 8.9.7 Daily Log Print Out 8.9.8 Generator Blowdown (Generator Units) 8.9.9 Blowdown with Deep Sleep 8.9.10 Customise Operating Screen 8.9.11 Auto Door Operation

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ATHERTON STERILIZER SD CARD DATA BACKUP

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9.1 9.2

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Prerequisites & Background Information Cycle Data File and Folder Format Explained 9.2.1 Cycle File Name 9.2.2 Folder Name 9.3 Initializing The SD Card 9.4 Cycle Data File Contents

10 BARRIER SEAL & DOOR SECURITY CONTROL

CYBER UNITS 65

10.1

General Operation 65 10.1.1 System Security Levels 66 10.1.2 Medium Security Level 67 10.1.3 High Security Level 70 10.2 PASSED CYCLE DOOR SEQUENCE – MEDIUM SECURITY LEVEL 72 10.3 PASSED CYCLE DOOR SEQUENCE – HIGH SECURITy LEVEL 72 10.4 FAILED CYCLE DOOR SEQUENCE – MEDIUM & HIGH SECURITy LEVEL 73 10.4.1 Changing the System Security Level after a Failed Cycle 74

11 STERILIZATION CYCLES 11.1 11.2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION PRE-VAC FAMILY 11.2.1 Pre-Vac Cycle 11.2.2 Bowie Dick Test Cycle 11.2.3 Leak Rate Test Cycle 11.2.4 Air Detector Function Test Cycle 11.2.5 Air Detector Performance Test Cycle 11.3 GENERAL PURPOSE CYCLE TYPES 11.3.1 Porous Load 11.3.2 Hard Goods Cycle 11.3.3 Fluid Cycle 11.4 SPECIAL PURPOSE CYCLE TYPES 11.4.1 Lab Vac 11.4.2 Fast Vac Cycle 11.5 FAVOURITE CYCLE TYPES 11.6 OPERATOR INTERFACE

12 USEFUL GUIDELINES 12.1 12.2 12.3

PREPARING THE LOAD LOADING THE STERILIZER UNLOADING THE STERILIZER

13 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4

CLEANING DOOR (Weekly) GASKET REMOVAL & REPLACEMENT FILTER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT & TESTING 13.4.1 Piping Schematic 13.4.2 Vacuum Filter Replacement Procedure

14 RECOMMENDED SPARE PARTS

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WARRANTY COVER All equipment manufactured and work performed by the Company is warranted to be of good material throughout, and of good careful workmanship. The Company undertakes to correct and make good any defect or defects, which may develop under normal and proper use within the warranty period which are due to workmanship, provided that the Company is notified immediately after the defect is discovered. The warranty period is twelve months and shall be from the date delivery is made, or notification to the client that delivery can be made. The Company’s liability is limited as provided in these conditions and does not extend to consequential damage, either direct or indirect, that may be caused by any malfunction of the equipment, or to any expense for repair or replacement otherwise paid or incurred without the authority of the Company. The Company does not accept liability or responsibility for the defects or depreciation caused by wear and tear, accidents, lightning, corrosion, neglect, misuse, incorrect installation not carried out by the Company’s personnel or nominees of the Company, incorrectly maintained, incorrect operation or other abnormal conditions. Should field service be required, costs incurred in travelling to and from location of equipment, including travelling time, transportation and accommodation costs, and freight charges of sending replacement parts to and from a nominated Atherton office, are borne by the buyer. All field service will be carried out during normal working hours. If warranty service is requested outside normal working hours such work will be charged at the ruling overtime rates. Requests for replacement parts or components under warranty must be accompanied with a purchase order for the replacement part or component at the ruling spare parts price cost. The defective part or component must be returned to the Atherton office handling the warranty claim complete with details of serial number, catalogue or model number or some means of verifying the unit and its delivery date. After receipt and inspection of the defective part or component the Company shall decide at its sole discretion whether a warranty claim applies. If the claim is granted a credit will be issued for the replacement amount previously charged. Material and equipment not manufactured by the Company are sold under such warranty only as the makers give the Company and the Company is able, without legal expense to enforce, but are not guaranteed by the Company in any way. The warranty and warranty period does not cover such articles which are considered to be expendable, including but not limited to gaskets, filters, bellows, globes, gauges, electrical components.

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WARNINGS & CAUTIONS Throughout this manual reference is made to: Warnings

Cautions.

Please take notice of these, to help we have listed a summary with appropriate page reference. On later model sterilizers the HELP MENU button has been replaced by the SYSTEM MENU Button. SYSTEM WARNINGS The Sterilizer Control System has predetermined warnings and these warnings are not dangerous to the operator but may indicate a drop in performance. The following Low Battery screen, Generator Fault (for applicable models) screen may appear if so, please turn off the power to the equipment and contact your local Atherton agent.

The following screen may appear if so, the door mechanism has encountered a problem.

Touch the screen to return to the door screen then contact your local Atherton agent.

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1 INSTALLATION

A Technical Data Sheet showing all the utility and space requirements for the installation of the equipment were sent to the purchaser after the order for this sterilizer was received. The clearances requested are necessary for easy installation, proper operation and maintenance of the equipment. If you are not in possession of these documents, and require them, you can order additional copies from the Atherton office in your state, giving the serial number and model number of the equipment. After installing the sterilizer according to the instructions provided, complete the following checklist to ensure that the installation is correct and complete. If you are in any doubt as to the correctness of the installation, you are strongly advised to contact your Atherton office, as incorrect installation and /or commissioning can invalidate your warranty. Installation and commissioning should only be carried out by fully qualified personnel, familiar with installing this type of equipment. Ignorance or carelessness can cause death.

Over current protection is required in the power supply to the unit.

1.1

TRANSPORT PROTECTION Your sterilizer is supplied with transport protection and this must be removed before installing your sterilizer.

1.2

DOOR SUPPORT First open the front panel where the touch screen is located by disengaging the top and bottom panel clips, then swing the panel open. Remove the 4 screws holding the second panel and then swing the panel open. Remove the 2 door lock bolts as shown below. Failure to remove “Door Lock Bolts” may damage the door actuator. For: Gorilla, Chinchilla, Beaver & Capybara sterilizers

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For: Tiger, Chipmunk, Gopher & Hamster sterilizers

If your Sterilizer series is a double door unit, this must be done at both ends. 1.3

INSTALLED CHECK LIST Isolation valves for maintenance purposes should be installed in steam and water lines, at a point near to the sterilizer. Electrical isolating switch should be provided to the sterilizer. Check that the electrical supply is rated as per Atherton requirements and is installed by a qualified electrician to AS 3000 and the requirements of the local supply authority. If multiple units are installed adjacent to each other, isolating valves and switches should be installed for each piece of equipment. Ensure the electrical connection can be made before placing the unit in its final position.

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Check that the sterilizer chamber is level, and is at the height shown on the equipment drawing. Place a spirit level on the sterilizer end frame or chamber floor in both directions, to ascertain correct positioning. If a recessed unit has been ordered, the panel trim should be tight fitting against the wall opening. Reticulated steam supply line MUST provide condensate free steam at not less than 0.97 dryness factor. Steam supply pressure should be between 400-500 KPa. Cold water supply to the sterilizer should be between 200-500 KPa. Use the adjustable feet at base of the unit for levelling. 1.4

ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual covers all models of Atherton Sterilizers, some features and screen options described here may not be applicable to your unit. If you are unsure as to what features are available to you please contact your nearest Atherton representative and quote your unit’s serial number and they will be happy to advise of the available options.

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2 INTRODUCTION This system administration manual covers the following Atherton sterilizers Tangent Series Mongoose All Cyber

, Tiger

and Gorilla

Series Sterilizers

It is important when reading this manual to refer only to the sections that relate to your unit. To aid the reader where appropriate we have used the name Tangent to refer to the Tangent sterilizers and the name Cyber to refer to the Cyber Series units. Due to the extensive range of features in the Cyber Series it is important to refer only to the items that relate to your model sterilizer, for example you may have a double door unit but unless you have a barrier seal with door security the section on door security is not relevant to your unit this section only refers to the operation of the doors for units which have a barrier seal with back-up compressed air. If you have any queries regarding the features of your Atherton sterilizer please contact you Atherton representative. 2.1

GENERAL NOTE ABOUT TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY Your Atherton sterilizer is fitted with either one or two (double door units), state of the art hi-resolution Beijer Electronics Exter T70 or T100 touchscreens. To aid with system navigation a uniformity of function has been programmed into the design of the screen layout. For the most common screens the touch screen area has been divided into three sections, a title bar, the main body area and the bottom navigation bar.

2.2

TITLE BAR FUNCTIONALITY The area at the top of the screen is referred to as the title bar for “most” screens this area acts as a return to previous screen function. Unfortunately not all screens can have this functionality as it is necessary for some system functionality that the user completes a series of tasks which may require a set navigational sequence. However for the vast majority of screens touching the title bar will return the user to the previous screen. For example from the Main Menu if the user selects the System Menu button the System Menu screen is displayed, then to return to the Main Menu the user can either choose the button at the bottom of the screen or use the title bar:

Selecting the title bar from the System Menu returns the user to the Main Menu. Selecting the displayed in the top left hand corner of the Title

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Bar will display instructions for the current screen. Not all screens have this function as the user interface (touchscreen) is programmed so that what the user sees on the screen is what the user gets. 2.3

MAIN AREA FUNCTIONALITY The middle area of the screen is referred to as the main area and contains the functionality buttons and any display items. For example the main area of the Analogue Readings screen contains the analogue input values displayed in dial form:

2.4

BOTTOM NAVIGATION BAR The bottom area of the screen is reserved for navigation and committing a change to the memory. Using the above example of the Analogue Readings screen the bottom navigation bar allows the user to return to the previous screen or the Main Menu – referred to here as the Home Screen or the Help Menu:

2.5

USAGE REPORT Located in the bottom navigation bar of the home screen is the USAGE REPORT button. The usage report provides an indication of when and how often the unit is being operated. The first step to using this report is to define the operating shifts that apply to your institution. To do this select the DEFINE SHIFTS button from the bottom of the usage report screen. The screen will change to display the define shifts screen. The process of defining the shifts is described below.

2.5.1 Define Shifts The system allows for 3 shifts. A morning, afternoon and evening, shift:

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The shifts are defined according to when the shift starts. It is assumed that one shift ends when the next shift starts hence it is only necessary to enter the start time of the shift. All times must be entered in 24 hour format. For example; an institution which operates three shifts starting with a morning shift that begins at 7:30am, an afternoon shift which begins at 3:00pm, and a evening shift which begins at 10:30pm, would enter the following:

(Values are entered by selecting the raised buttons) 2.5.2 Usage Report Details When a cycle is started the system compares the current time with the 3 start times defined for the shifts, it then increments the number of cycles for the previous shift which has a start time that is less than the current time. Note for cycles initiated between midnight and the morning shift time the evening cycle counter is incremented. IMPORTANT NOTE: The system “rolls over” today/yesterday values at 23:59, and Sunday at 23:59 for this week/last week, and the first day of the month at 00:01 for this month/last month, and January 1st at 00:01 for this year/last year. While the system has a battery backed up real time clock that continues when power is off to the unit, the program does not run when powered down. Hence if the unit is powered down for any of the dates/times mentioned above the corresponding roll over will not occur. This will result in the values not being transferred to the previous periods counter.

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2.5.3 Usage Counter Example For example using the previously defined shifts, a cycle started at 8:00am will increment the Morning Shift counter, a cycle started at 2:00pm will increment the afternoon counter, and a cycle started at 1:00am will increment the evening shift counter.

The report can be printed and emailed by selecting the appropriate button on the bottom navigation bar. Emailed reports are only functional for systems that have been connected to an internal network or the internet. 2.6

CYCLE START SCREENS – NO SECURITY Once a cycle has been selected from the cycle family screens the system displays the parameters for the chosen cycle. If the user is satisfied that the parameters are appropriate the user then selects ‘START CYCLE’.

The cycle start screens all follow the same format – the parameters are displayed in the centre of the screen, a user with the required access level can alter the parameters for all variable cycles. The user then has the option of either starting a cycle or cancelling and returning the cycle family screen.

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CYCLE START SCREENS – WITH SECURITY Once a cycle has been selected from the cycle family screens the system displays the parameters for the chosen cycle. If the user is satisfied that the parameters are appropriate the user then selects ENTER START CODE.

The user must then enter their operator I.D. code to access the cycle Go screen. At this point the system records the user name associated with the I.D. code/PIN. The user name is then included on the printout for the cycle, and recorded on the system’s internal memory card.

To enter a code select the green raised button with the number “0” in it and enter your PIN, then select the carriage return button to return to the main screen.

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Once you have entered your code select CONFIRM. If the code is accepted the Cycle Start Screen will appear:

To begin the cycle select GO, alternatively select CANCEL CYCLE to return to the home screen.

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OPERATING SCREENS The operating screens display the sterilizer state while running a sterilizing or test cycle. The layout of all the operating screens is similar; with three sections in the green background area of the screen and a lower navigation bar. In the green background area the three sections are The parameters section at the top which is unique for each cycle

The temperature and pressure section in the middle.

The cycle stage, elapsed time and warning text section in the lower third.

Using the navigation bar the user can view a cycle trend, the full set of temperature and pressure readings, and a system schematic, as well as abort the cycle, there is also a new feature to view the remaining time for the cycle, this button is only visible for Pre Vacuum cycles and only after pulsing stage has completed.

Complete view of Cycle operating screen:

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TREND SCREEN The cycle trend screen has the capability to display historical information. If the user touches the middle of the trend graph the trend stops updating and a navigation bar appears at the base of the trend graph. Use the arrows to move back forward in time and then to zoom in or out.

2.10

SYSTEM SCHEMATIC The system schematic can be used to view the operation of the unit while running a cycle. It is a useful diagnostic tool and provides an insight into the sequence of operation of the unit:

A valve or solenoid that is currently on will be indicated in bright green, one that is off is dull grey. To return to the cycle operation screen either touch the top title bar or select the Return button.

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REMAINING TIME For cycles that have a designated holding time and drying time, once the unit has entered sterilizing stage the remaining time button will appear in the bottom navigation bar. By selecting this button the screen will display an approximation of the remaining time to complete the cycle:

Select return to return to the operation screen.

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