6-12 Maintenance & Service
6.3.3 Disposing of Reagent
When it is time to change the reagent pack, there will always be reagent left in the bottles in the old
reagent pack. Dispose of this remaining reagent as follows.
Dispose of unused reagents and waste in an environmentally friendly manner. Check the
local county regulations for proper disposal requirements.
MSDS are available at in the Resource Center at
www.abaxis.com/reference-center
.
6.4 Software Upgrades
Abaxis will periodically provide a software upgrade for the HM5. Abaxis can send these upgrades pre-
loaded on a USB drive, and they can be downloaded from www.abaxis.com and copied to a USB drive.
Follow the instructions on the Abaxis website.
Upgrade from the USB drive as follows:
1. Power off the analyzer.
2. Plug the USB drive containing the software into a USB port on the analyzer.
3. Power on the analyzer and select
Upgrade
.
4. When prompted, unplug the USB drive and select
OK
.
The analyzer then automatically reboots to complete the software upgrade.
CAUTION: Never pour reagent from a bottle in the old reagent pack into any
bottle in the new pack. Doing so could drastically reduce the effec-
tiveness of the new reagents, and could contaminate the new
reagents.
Note: Do not select Erase/Format unless directed by Abaxis Technical Sup-
port. Doing so will erase all settings, patient data, and control data
from the analyzer, and require it to be recalibrated.
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