Miele A 501 Mobile Unit Instruction Manual

: June 12, 2024
: Miele

Table of Contents

Notes about these instructions
- Important warnings
Intended use
Items supplied
Warning and Safety instructions
Areas of application
CUSTOMERS SUPPORT
References
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Miele A 501 Mobile Unit

Areas of application

Notes about these instructions

Important warnings

Information which is important for safety is highlighted in a thick framed box with a warning symbol. This alerts you to the potential danger of injury to people or damage to property.
Read these warning notes carefully and observe the procedural instructions and codes of practice they describe.

Notes

Information of particular importance that must be observed is highlighted in a thick framed box.

Additional information and comments

Additional information and comments are contained in a simple frame.

Operating steps

Operating steps are indicated by a black square bullet point.

Example:

Select an option using the arrow buttons and save your choice with OK.

Display

Certain functions are shown in display messages using the same font as that used for the function itself in the display.

Example:

Settings menu.

Intended use

This mobile unit can be used to reprocess machine-reprocessable medical devices, laboratory glassware and utensils in a Miele washer disinfector. Follow the operating instructions for your washer-disinfector as well as the instructions of the medical device or glassware and utensil manufacturer on how to reprocess their items by machine.

The A 501 mobile unit can be used on its own or with application specific modules and inserts.

For example, DIN mesh trays containing surgical instruments, containers or lamp handles can be reprocessed.

Lumened instruments from fields such as microsurgery, gynaecology or otorhinolaryngology can be reprocessed using additional modules.

The mobile unit can be used in the following washer-disinfectors:

PLW 8615
PLW 8616
PLW 8617
PWD 8626
PWD 8628

The washer-disinfector is generally referred to as “the machine” in these operating instructions. Reprocessable medical devices, laboratory glassware and utensils are referred to as “items” if they are not more closely defined.

Queries and technical problems

If you have any queries or technical problems that you would like to discuss please contact Miele. Contact details can be found at the back of the Operating Instructions for your washer-disinfector or go to www.miele- professional.com.

Items supplied

Load carriers

Load carriers

A 501 mobile unit, height 659 mm, width 650 mm, depth 790 mm

**A 501 ***

| Loading dimensions
[height x width x depth in mm]|

Loading dimensions with A 601 modules in- serted not illustrated [height x width x depth in mm]

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Level 1

| 165 x 575 x 750| 70 x 575 x 750
Level 2| –|

80 x 575 x 750

Level 3

| 165 x 585 x 750| 75 x 585 x 750
Level 4| –|

75 x 575 x 750

Level 5

| 70 x 585 x 750| 70 x 585 x 750
Level 6| 85 x 585 x 750|

85 x 585 x 750

Optional accessories

The following and other accessories are available to order from Miele:

A 601 module, insertable level, height 33 mm, width 773 mm, depth 589 mm
A 607 module, mesh tray with 6 connections for lumened instruments, height 71 mm, width 231 mm, depth 584 mm
A 608 module, with 11 connections for lumened instruments, height 104 mm, width 611 mm, depth 577 mm
A 610 module, with 11 hose connections for Power Pulse Cleaning, height 74 mm, width 771 mm, depth 561 mm, can only be used in conjunction with the Power Pulse Cleaning option on the machine

Disposal of the packing material

The packaging is designed to protect against transportation damage. The packaging materials used are selected from materials which are environmentally friendly for disposal and should be recycled.

Recycling the packaging reduces the use of raw materials in the manufacturing process and also reduces the amount of waste in landfill sites.

Warning and Safety instructions

To avoid the risk of accidents and damage to this mobile unit please read these instructions carefully before using it for the first time.
Keep these instructions in a safe place where they are accessible to users at all times.

Please also read the operating instructions for your washer disinfector and pay particular attention to the Warning and Safety instructions

The mobile unit is approved solely for the applications specified in the “Areas of application” chapter of these operating instructions. Applications that go beyond those listed and use of the mobile unit with additional components from the Miele product range are described in the operating instructions for the components or are to be agreed with Miele.
New mobile units and baskets must be washed in the washer-disinfector without a wash load prior to first use.
Inspect all load carriers as described in the “Maintenance” section in the operating instructions for the cleaning machine.
Broken glass can result in serious injury when loading or unloading. Damaged glass items must not be reprocessed in the machine.

Medical devices

The reprocessing programme used should include thermal disinfection, and the chemical agents used must be suitable for the material quality of the wash load.
The last rinse, as a minimum, must be carried out with DI water.
Visual checks should be undertaken to check the cleaning result. Additional protein analysis checks should also be carried out e.g. weekly, on a random sampling basis.

Laboratory glassware and utensils

The reprocessing result must be checked as necessary using a suitable test method and not just by a visual check.

Miele cannot be held liable for damage caused by non-compliance with these Warning and Safety Instructions.

Areas of application

For validation purposes please make sure that you follow the loading instructions given on the template.

To check before loading the machine and before starting a programme

Are the stoppers in the water supply to individual modules functional?
Are the inserted modules correctly connected to the water supply of the mobile unit?
Check that the mobile unit is correctly docked to the water path in the chamber.

Programme selection

When selecting a programme manually on the machine, the relevant mobile unit must be selected first. Pictograms representing the mobile units are shown on the display.

The pictogram of the mobile unit without inserted modules can be found on a strut on the front of the mobile unit.

For the A 501 mobile unit, the pictogram below is displayed.

Once you have selected the pictogram, the list of assigned reprocessing programmes is displayed.

Load carrier	Pictogram
A 501

Modules

The A 501 mobile unit can be equipped with various modules in order
to reprocess loads from different disciplines, for example:

There are 5 water couplings available for reprocessing modules containing lumened instruments.
For intensive cleaning of lumened instruments, the A 610 module can be inserted into the upper level of the mobile unit in the case of machines with the Power Pulse Cleaning option.
In order to reprocess 18 standard mesh trays without connectors, 2 additional A 601 levels are required in the positions indicated by the dashed lines.

Areas of application

Water couplings in the A 501 mobile unit

Positions for modules with one water connection

Water coupling

| Modules
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1|

A 607, A 608

2

| A 607, A 608
3|

A 607 + also A 601

4|

A 607

5|

A 607

Areas of application

A 501 mobile unit with 2 A 607 modules and 2 A 608 modules

Inserting A 607 modules

The A 607 modules can be connected to all water couplings on the mobile unit.

Areas of application

Place the module on the mobile unit level at a slight angle and slide it up to the water couplings.
Plug the module connector firmly into the water coupling of the mobile unit.
Then press the module retainer downwards until the module locking mechanism clicks into place on the strut of the mobile unit or the A 601 level.

Areas of application

The arrows on the module and the mobile unit should be pointing at each other.

Inserting A 608 modules

The A 608 module can be connected to the water couplings on the first and second levels of the mobile unit, on the right-hand side in the A 504 mobile unit.

Areas of application

Holding the module at an angle, slide it up to the water coupling on the mobile unit level.
Plug the module connector firmly into the water coupling of the mobile unit.
Then place the module retainers on the strut on the left-hand side of the mobile unit.

Inserting A 610 module

The A 610 module can only be used in conjunction with the PowerPulse Cleaning option on the machine.
The module connection for internal cleaning and supplying medical compressed air is established via a connector on the left-hand side of the wash chamber ceiling. The funnel which holds the connector must be opposite the water supply to the mobile unit.

Areas of application

Removing modules

Place the module on the two struts in the upper level of the mobile unit.
The module sits horizontally on the two struts of the mobile unit.
To remove modules from the mobile unit, follow the steps in the “Inserting modules” section in reverse order.