Maintaining Your Analyzer
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10.3.11 Drain Tubing
z The reagents are irritating to eyes, skin and diaphragm. Wear proper
personal protective equipment (e.g. gloves, lab coat, etc.) and follow safe
laboratory procedures when handling them in the laboratory.
z If the reagents accidentally spill on your skin, wash them off with plenty of
water and if necessary, go see a doctor; if the reagents accidentally spill into
your eyes, wash them off with plenty of water and immediately go see a
doctor.
z Do the “Drain Tubing” procedure before relocating the analyzer.
You can perform the “Drain tubing” procedure to drain the fluidic system. Follow the steps
given below to do so:
1. Press the appropriate arrow keys ([←][→] [↑][↓]) as needed to move the cursor to “Drain
tubing”;
2. Remove the diluent, rinse and lyse pickup tubes from the back of the analyzer;
3. Press [ENTER] to start the draining process, as Figure 10-24 shows;
Figure 10-24 Draining the fluidic lines
4. When the draining is done, the screen will display “Turn off this analyzer” and you
should turn off the power switch.
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