User Maintenance
DSX™ System Service Manual 3-3
On a Weekly Basis:
1 Empty Wash Buffer Containers and clean with several volumes of deionized
water.
2 Remove and Clean the Waste Tip Chute.
Note: If desired, the waste tip chute can disinfected with 70% ethanol.
Bleach should not be used since it will corrode the metal. Bleach will not
affect the newer plastic waste tip chute.
3 Inspect tubing for leaks, cracks and signs of degradation.
4 The tubing should be replaced if it has cracks, cloudy, compressed or is
otherwise defective. If tubing is replaced, the dispense bottles need to be
recalibrated and verified.
On a Six-Month Basis:
1 Replace the aspiration tubing.
2 Replace the dispense tubing.
3 Recalibrate Dispense Pumps.
Note: The tubing should be replaced if it has cracks, is cloudy or is
otherwise defective.
The tubing may have to be replaced more frequently that every six months,
depending on the frequency of use, the severity of the operating conditions,
and the nature of the wash solution.
4 Replace the In-Line Vacuum Filter in the vacuum line.
5 Readjust the Vacuum Sensor.
6 Check belt tension on the X-Drive, Y-Drive, and Z-Drive and adjust as required.
7 Reseat all modules. Check Carrier Plate clips and replace as necessary.
8 Check Workspace and coordinate calibrations (refer to the section entitled
Post-Service Checkout Protocol on page 3-6).
9 Perform verification of the reader using the appropriate verification plate and
perform the Tip Alignment test.
10 Perform temperature verification on the incubators using the proper verification
plate.
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