User’s Guide54
Replacing the waste container cap
Introduction This topic describes how to replace the waste container cap.
Replace the cap once a month.
Biological
precautions
To prevent exposure to biohazardous agents:
• Put the cytometer in standby mode before disconnecting the
waste tank to avoid leakage of biohazardous waste.
• The waste container can become pressurized when the
cytometer is running. Always disconnect the waste container
from the cytometer before you empty it. Wait at least
30
seconds for pressure to dissipate before you remove the
waste cap or sensor.
• Expose waste container contents to bleach (10% of total
volume) for 30
minutes before disposal.
Procedure To replace the cap:
1. Put the cytometer in standby mode.
2. Disconnect the waste container’s sensor line and orange waste
line from the waste container tank, and wait at least
30
seconds for pressure to dissipate.
3. Remove the waste cap and attached trap from the container
and place on the bench label-side up.
4. Detach the cap from the trap.
5. Place a new cap on the trap.
Caution: Biohazard! Contact with biological specimens
and materials can transmit potentially fatal disease.
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