Hot air oven Cleaning SOP

1.0  OBJECTIVE:

To lay down the procedure for cleaning of Hot air oven.

2.0  SCOPE:

This shall be applicable to the Hot air oven of Quality Control Instrument Lab.

3.0  RESPONSIBILITY:

3.1  Technical Assistant/ Helper.

3.2  Q.C Analyst.

4.0  ACCOUNTABILITY:

4.1  Manager-Quality Control.

5.0  MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT:

5.1  Hot air oven.

5.2  Dry lint free cloth (2 pieces).

5.3  Purified water.

6.0  PROCEDURE:

6.1  After completion of the cycle, switch “OFF” the instrument.

6.2  Switch “OFF” the mains.

6.3  Allow to cool the oven.

6.4  Open the door and remove the tubes, flasks, pipette and other glass wares from the equipment.

6.5  Wipe the inner surfaces, walls, top, bottom and trays of hot air oven with dry lint free cloth on daily basis or after every use. So, that there will be no dust particles in the hot air oven.

6.6  Wipe the outer surface and control panel of hot air oven with clean wet lint free cloth soaked in purified water, on weekly basis and fill the weekly cleaning record.

6.7  Cleaning to be done after every use/ daily/ weekly.

6.8  Maintain the records of cleaning according to annexure-1.

6.9  Affix the “CLEANED” label and fill the “Cleaning Equipment Log Book”.

7.0  REVISION LOG:

Revision No.	Effective Date	Reason
00		New SOP

8.0  REFERENCES:

8.1  Not Applicable.

9.0  ANNEXURES:

Annexure 1: Cleaning maintenance record of Hot air oven (Cleaning Equipment Log Book).

Annexure: 1

(Cleaning Equipment Log Book)

Cleaning maintenance record of Hot air oven

Cleaning Record of Hot air oven Date Inner surfaces Outer surfaces Cleaned by Checked by

                  

10.0    ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviation	Expanded Form
SOP	Standard operating procedure
&	And
No.	Number
Ltd.	Limited
QCEC	Quality control Equipment cleaning
Q.C	Quality control