MODULE 3: DAILY START UP AND CHECKS
3-16 AEROSET
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Customer Training Guide
94858-103 — July 2003
. a. Preparation of Water Bath Additive – Transfer the Water Bath Additive to an empty Reagent Cartridge and
place it in an outer segment of Reagent Supply Center 1. Approximately 3 mL is required to perform the
Change Water In Bath option.
. b. Preparation of 1% Alkaline Wash Solution – Mix 10 mL of Alkaline Wash Solution with 990 mL of DI
Water (Type II). Approximately 10 mL is required in each Reagent Cartridge listed in the preceding table.
Approximately 1 mL is required in the sample cup. The prepared solution is stable for 30 days when stored
at room temperature and protected from light. Transfer the solution to empty Reagent Cartridges for place-
ment in the defined position in the Reagent Supply Centers and to a sample cup for placement in the Cal-
ibrator/Control Carousel. Onboard stability for this reagent, when placed in the Reagent Supply
Centers, is 14 days. When placed in the Calibrator/Control Carousel, the stability is one day.
The Reagent Supply Center positions for the 1% Alkaline Wash Solution and 0.5% Acid Wash
Solution are pre-configured on the System Configuration Disk.
Chemical Hazard. Refer to Appendix, Hazards of this manual.
. c. Preparation of 0.5% Acid Wash Solution – Mix 5 mL of Acid Wash Solution with 995 mL of DI Water
(Type II). Prepared solution is stable. Transfer the solution to empty Reagent Cartridges for placement in
the defined position in the Reagent Supply Centers and to a sample cup for placement in the Calibrator/
Control Carousel. Onboard stability for this reagent, when placed in the Reagent Supply Centers, is 30
days. When placed in the Calibrator/Control Carousel, the stability is one day.
d. Preparation of ICT™ Cleaning Fluid – Add 12 mL of Cleaning Fluid Diluent. The prepared solution is sta-
ble for 14 days when stored at 2 - 8×C. Transfer the solution to a sample cup for placement in the Calibra-
tor/Control Carousel. Approximately 200 µL is required in the sample cup. Onboard stability for this
reagent, when placed in the Calibrator/Control Carousel is one day.
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