Maintaining Your Analyzer
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10.3.11 Empty Tubing
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 do the “Empty Tubing” procedure before relocating the analyzer.
If this analyzer is not to be used for a long time or it is to be maintained, be sure to perform
the “Empty Tubing” procedure to drain the fluidic lines.
Follow the steps given below to do so：
1. At the “Maintenance” screen, press the appropriate arrow keys ([←][→] [↑][↓]) to move
the cursor to “Empty Tubing”.
2. Follow the displayed instructions to remove the diluent, rinse and lyse pickup tubes from
this analyzer and then press [ENTER] to start the draining process, Figure10-22.
Figure10-22 Draining the fluidic lines
3. When the draining is done, the screen will display “Turn off this analyzer” and you
should turn off this analyzer as instructed.
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