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Dental autoclave servicing for UK practices: planned maintenance, annual validation and repairs for vacuum (Type B) and non-vacuum (Type N) benchtop steam sterilisers, with records that show your decontamination meets HTM 01-05. We also keep your pressure vessel paperwork in step with the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000.
Servicing, testing and validation that keep a benchtop steriliser safe to use and its records ready for inspection.
Validation shows that each cycle reaches the required sterilisation temperature, pressure and holding time throughout the load, not just at the chamber sensor. We use calibrated thermometric equipment against the cycle parameters for your steriliser type, referencing BS EN 13060 for small steam sterilisers, and issue a validation report.
Door seal inspection and replacement, chamber and filter cleaning, reservoir and drain checks, vacuum pump checks on Type B units, safety valve and door interlock checks, and a full test cycle. Intervals follow the manufacturer's schedule and how many cycles you run.
Door not sealing, cycles aborting, vacuum or air-leakage test failures, water-quality alarms and printer or data-logger faults. Most failures trace back to door seals, solenoid valves, sensors or the vacuum pump.
Service reports, validation certificates and test results kept together with your daily and weekly test logs. An autoclave is a pressure vessel, so it also needs a written scheme of examination and periodic examination by a competent person under PSSR 2000; we help you set that up and keep it current.
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A service and validation visit runs in this order. Visits in the UK are scheduled with you.
We book a time when the steriliser can be out of use and check you have enough processed instruments to cover it.
Chamber, door seal, safety valve, water and drain lines, vacuum pump and control system checked. Your daily and weekly test logs are reviewed for trends such as longer cycles or repeated air-leakage failures.
Seals, filters and worn parts replaced with manufacturer parts, sensors checked and any faults repaired.
Steam penetration (Helix or Bowie-Dick), air-leakage and automatic control tests, plus thermometric validation on the annual visit.
Service report, parts list and, on the annual visit, the validation certificate, by email and on paper for your decontamination file.
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HTM 01-05 sets out a schedule of daily and weekly user tests, with periodic maintenance and annual validation carried out by a competent person. Service intervals also depend on the manufacturer and how many cycles you run each day. Separately, the PSSR examination interval is set in your written scheme of examination.
Validation proves the steriliser achieves sterilising conditions in the load it actually processes. Daily tests show the machine is behaving the same as yesterday; validation shows that "the same" is good enough. Without current validation you have no evidence that instruments are being sterilised, which matters for patient safety and for your CQC inspection.
Inspection, door seal check or replacement, filter and chamber cleaning, reservoir and drain checks, vacuum pump check on Type B units, safety valve and interlock checks, the standard tests and a written report. The annual visit adds thermometric validation and a validation certificate.
Common dental benchtop sterilisers from the main manufacturers. Our brand authorisations are for Anthos, Dentsply Sirona and Cattani equipment. For any other steriliser, send us the make and model; if it is one we have not worked on, we tell you before booking rather than turning up unprepared.
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