Roche Cobas 4800 System User Manual

cobas® 4800
System
6 Maintenance
Systeni Ivlanual
Instrument
maintenance
• Counters
are reset to twenty-four
hours when daily
maintenance is performed.
1f
weekly maintenance
is performed, daily
maintenance
is not required on that day.
There is no
processing icon like an hourglass
or progress
bar displayed during
maintenance.
Perform
start
up
procedures
The system control
unit is normally left on,
except
for
a daily restart (e.g. as part
or
before starting the
daily maintenance).
It is
strongly recommended
to restart the system daily.
For startup
procedures, if the control unit
is
powered
off, refer
to
the test-specific
Operator’s
Manual.
General cleaning
for the
instrument
Safety
Make sure that
you have read and understood
the
chapter
General safety information
(p.
13) and Safety information
(p.
103)
The surface
of the instrument should
be cleaned
on a weekly basis with a
lint-free
cloth moistened
with deionized water. 1f
a spul of
reagents
occurs, the instrument
should be cleaned
with a 70% ethanol solution.
Removable internal
parts of the instrument,
such
as
all carriers, should be weekly
rinsed with deionized
water followed by 70% ethanol.The
area around the instrument
should
be
periodically checked
to ensure that air
flow around the
instrument is
unrestricted
and that books, papers,
or other supplies
do not interfere
with air flow.If
a specimen or other
biohazardous material spills
on the instrument
or any of the
instrument carriers, the
area or carriers should be
cleaned
with
a
decontaminating
and
nucleic acid destroying agent,
followed by deionized
water.
• Do not use
other organic solvents
(eg., petroleum,
benzene, or other solvents)
because
they
can
damage
plastic materials.
• Do not use an
alcohol solution with a concentration
greater
than 70°/s because this
may damage transparent
viewing windows.
•
Only use
completely
dry carriers on the instrument.
Daily maintenance
The following
tasks
are
part of
the daily maintenance:
1. Shutdown
and restart the system
control unit.
2. Check
1f instrument deck is clean.
3. Empty
the tip waste and the liquid
waste container
and clean the tip eject
plate.
4. The
instrument automatically checks
the tightness
of the pipetting channels.
5. The
instrument automatically verifies
the functioning of
the liquid level
detection.
Roche
Diagnostics
System
Manual Version
1.0
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Roche Cobas 4800 System Specifications

General

Brand	Roche
Model	Cobas 4800 System
Category	Analytical Instruments
Language	English