Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Intended Use .................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Requirements ................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 About this manual............................................................................................................. 7
1.4 Document Conventions .................................................................................................... 7
1.5 Symbol glossary ............................................................................................................... 8
1.6 Safety and Precautions .................................................................................................... 9
1.6.1 Biological and chemical hazards...................................................................... 9
1.6.2 Mechanical Hazards ...................................................................................... 10
1.6.3 Electrical hazards........................................................................................... 11
2 Materials .................................................................................................................................... 12
2.1 Materials provided .......................................................................................................... 12
2.2 Materials required but not provided................................................................................ 12
2.3 Equipment required ........................................................................................................ 12
3 BD PrepMate™ Automated Accessory Operating Sequence ................................................... 12
3.1 Operating sequence overview........................................................................................ 12
3.2 Operating sequence details............................................................................................ 13
4 Operator Controls ...................................................................................................................... 13
4.1 Control key descriptions ................................................................................................. 14
5 Operating the BD PrepMate™ Automated Accessory .............................................................. 15
5.1 Loading/Unloading the specimen rack ........................................................................... 16
5.2 BD PrepMate™ operating instructions ........................................................................... 18
5.3 Instrument shut down ..................................................................................................... 19
6 System Maintenance ................................................................................................................. 19
7 Operating Messages ................................................................................................................. 20
7.1 Status messages............................................................................................................ 20
7.2 Error messages .............................................................................................................. 21
7.3 Fault messages .............................................................................................................. 22
8 Preventive Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 23
9 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 23
9.1 Instrument generated fault messages ............................................................................ 23
10 Repair and Disposal ................................................................................................................ 27
11 Declaration of Conformity ........................................................................................................ 27
11.1 Warranty information .................................................................................................... 27
12 Operational Specifications ...................................................................................................... 28
12.1 Power requirements ..................................................................................................... 28
12.2 Operating conditions .................................................................................................... 28
12.3 Storage conditions........................................................................................................ 28
12.4 General......................................................................................................................... 28