Probe Care Cards Transportation and Storage Guide

Transportation & Storage Transporting transducers Follow these guidelines to protect your transducer: Always clean and disinfect any transducer before transporting between sites or sending via freight carrier. If a carrying case is provided with your transducer, always use the carrying case to transport the transducer from one site to another. The original shipping carton may also be used for transporting from site to site as long as the transducer has been cleaned and disinfected. Warning: Placing a dirty or contaminated transducer in a carrying case or shipping carton will contaminate the foam insert. D  o not use cloth or plastic bags to transport transducers. This may result in damage to the transducer. If possible, use a rigid container with a lid and that secures the system connector in place so as not to damage the transducer head or lens. For TEE transducers - do not coil the flexible shaft too tightly. Coil should be 30 cm (1 foot) or greater in diameter.

Daily and long-term storage Follow these guidelines to protect your transducer: Always store transducers in the transducer holders on the side of your system or on a securely mounted wall rack when you are not using them. M  ake sure the transducer holders are clean before storing transducers. A  void storing transducers in areas of temperature extremes or in direct sunlight. When storing transducers, use the cable-management clips to secure the transducer cable. For TEE transducers, be sure the distal tip is straight and protected before storing the transducer. Never store a TEE transducer in the carrying case, except to transport it.

You can also download the complete Ultrasound Probe Cleaning & Disinfection Manual from the GE Healthcare Support Documentation Library: https://www.gehealthcare.com/support/supportdocumentation-library Click the Enter Portal button and search for document number 5661328.