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14.2 Rotor and accessories
For safety reasons, the rotor may not be dismantled.
• To avoid corrosion and changes to the materials, the rotor and accessories have to be cleaned regularly with
soap or a mild cleaning agent and a moist cloth. Cleaning is recommended at least once a week. Contaminants
must be removed immediately.
• If the rotor or accessories are contaminated by pathogenic or radioactive material, appropriate cleaning must be
carried out.
• Ingredients of suitable detergents:
soap, anionic tensides, non-ionic tensides.
• Ingredients of suitable disinfectants:
glutaraldehyde, propanol, ethyl hexanol, anionic tensides, corrosion inhibitors.
• Ingredients of suitable agents for removing radioactive contaminants:
anionic tensides, non-ionic tensides, polyhydrated ethanol.
• The rotor and accessories have to be dried immediately after cleaning.
• The rotor and accessories have to be checked monthly for wear and tear and damage due to corrosion.
The rotor and accessories must no longer be used if they show signs of wear or corrosion.
• Check the firm seating of the rotor on a weekly basis.
14.3 Rotors and accessories with limited service lives
The use of certain rotors, hangers and accessory parts is limited by time.
These are marked with the maximum permitted number of operating cycles or with an expiration date and the
maximum permitted number of operating cycles or just with the expiration date; e.g.:
- "usable until end of month/year: 10/2014"
- "max. cycles: 50000".
For safety reasons, rotors, hangers and accessory parts may no longer be used if either the indicated
maximum number of operating cycles or the indicated expiration date has been reached.
14.4 Autoclaving
The rotor and accessories must not be autoclaved.
14.5 Cell separation containers
• With leakage or breakage of cell separation containers, all broken container parts and leaked centrifugation
material must be completely removed.
Remaining container parts can cause further container breakage!
• Disinfection is to be performed immediately.
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