User's Manual

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Cautionary Notes
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Explantation
Explanted pacemakers can be sent to the local BIOTRONIK
representative for proper, environmentally friendly disposal. Before
returning it, the explanted pacemaker should be cleaned with a sodium
hypochlorite solution containing at least 1% chlorine and then
thoroughly washed with water, if possible. The pacemaker should be
explanted before a deceased pacemaker patient is cremated.