Maintaining Your Analyzer
10-6
At the “Maintenance” screen, SELECT “Diluent Prime” to prime the tubing with diluent and
the priming progress will be displayed at the bottom of the screen, Figure10-3 shows. When
the priming is done, the screen displays “Diluent Prime End”.
Figure10-3 “Diluent Prime” screen
10.3.2 Rinse Prime
z Samples, controls, calibrators and waste are potentially infectious. Wear
proper personal protective equipment (e.g. gloves, lab coat, etc.) and follow
safe laboratory procedures when handling them in the laboratory.
z Be sure to keep the reagents still for a while before using them.
z After installing a new container of diluent, rinse or lyse, do a background
check to ensure the background results are normal.
You should perform the “Rinse Prime” procedure to prime the rinse tubing with rinse when
there are bubbles in the tubing; or
the rinse in the tubing is contaminated; or
the old rinse ran out and a new container of rinse is installed.
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