3.6
Hazards and safety precautions during cleaning
Safety hazard: cleaning agent
Danger
Where or in what situations does the
hazard arise?
Preventive action
Risk of chemical burns
or irritation to skin, eyes
and respiratory system
from contact with clean‐
ing agents and their
fumes
During fully automatic cleaning: In
front of the appliance door
■
Do not open the appliance door
during fully automatic oven clean‐
ing using connected canisters.
■
During fully automatic oven clean‐
ing using single-measure dispens‐
ing, only open the appliance door
after being prompted by the soft‐
ware
For all cleaning actions
■
Do not let cleaning agents come
into contact with your skin or eyes
■
Do not heat up the appliance if
there are cleaning agents inside.
This is only permitted under the
control of a cleaning program for
semi-automatic or fully automatic
cleaning.
■
Wait for a prompt by the software
or until the cooking chamber tem‐
perature is less than or equal to
60 °C before spraying cleaning
products into the appliance.
■
Do not breathe in spray
■
Wear personal protective equip‐
ment
When handling the cleaning-fluid
canisters
Wear personal protective equipment
When handling the single-measure
dispensing bottles
Wear personal protective equipment
When corrosive cleaning agents are
used
Only use those cleaning agents
specified under 'Cleaning agents' on
Safety hazard: contamination of foodstuffs
Danger
Where or in what situations does the
hazard arise?
Preventive action
Risk of food contamina‐
tion from cleaning
agents
If the single-measure dispensing
bottles for the cleaning agent and
rinse aid are not handled correctly
■
Take care not to get cleaning
agent or rinse aid on the work sur‐
face
■
Do not place empty single-meas‐
ure dispensing bottles on the work
surface, because the cleaning
agent or rinse aid could drip down
the outside
Risk of food contamina‐
tion from cleaning
agents
If the cooking chamber has not been
rinsed out properly after semi-auto‐
matic cleaning on appliances without
a hand shower.
Instead of the hand shower, use an
external water spray to rinse out the
appliance interior or else wipe down
the cooking chamber, fittings and
the area behind the suction panel
thoroughly with plenty of water and a
soft cloth.
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