• Data transfer and recording of up to 9 machines simultaneously

• New app for iOS and Android from March onwards

On a daily basis, Miele's DataDiary app saves time spent on the documentation of instrument reprocessing in surgeries. And now, the four new Miele small steam sterilisers are also able to port data wirelessly to tablet PCs. This practical solution, which has been available for use on washer-disinfectors for just less than two years, requires access to a WiFi network. Up to 9 new Miele models can now interact with the app.

Connection to the network is via a WiFi stick in the case of Cube and Cube X sterilisers; a communication module is still required for all washer-disinfectors. Once access has been established, mobile devices receive reprocessing data after each process step – without any further intervention on the part of staff. Employees log into the system by entering their user ID or using an NFC chipcard to approve reprocessing records once a cleaning or sterilisation cycle has ended.

DataDiary also takes care of reprocessing records. This saves valuable time, for instance in transferring data from a machine to the surgery computer, a job still done in many surgeries using a USB flash memory.

To facilitate the communication of Cube and Cube X sterilisers with the app, an updated version is required which will be available from March onwards for iOS and Android operating systems. Users requiring a broader range of functionalities and, for instance, digitally signed reprocessing records still have access to the Segosoft Miele Edition software version.

Company profile: Miele is the world's leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances including cooking, baking and steam-cooking appliances, refrigeration products, coffee makers, dishwashers and laundry and floor care products. This line-up is augmented by dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical and laboratory applications (Miele Professional). The Miele company, founded in 1899, has eight production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. These are joined by the two plants belonging to Miele's Italian medical technology subsidiary Steelco. Turnover in the 2018/19 business year was around € 4.16 bn, with a share of business outside Germany of approx. 71%. Miele is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. Throughout the world, the family-run enterprise, now in its fourth generation, employs a workforce of around 20,200, whereof 11,050 are employed in Germany. The company has its headquarters in Gütersloh in Westphalia.