A steris service technician arrived onsite following the reported event to inspect the 20" millennium sterilizer.While onsite, the technician was able to identify the root cause of the steam leak to originate from the unit's pressure relief valve (prv).As designed, this valve opened when the unit detected an excess of pressure inside the sterilizer chamber, thus releasing steam.The technician readjusted the high/low pressure switch and prv, ran a test cycle, and found the unit to be operating according to specification.This unit was installed in (b)(6) 2002 and is under steris service agreement.No additional issues have been reported.
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