6. Maintenance & Cleaning
TECAN
6-10 Instructions for Use for sunrise Absorbance Reader No. 30008746 Rev. No. 1.4 2006-03
6.7 Instrument Disinfection
All parts of the instrument that came into contact with biological samples, patient
samples, positive control samples or hazardous material must be treated as
potentially infectious areas.
WARNING
THE DISINFECTION PROCEDURE AND THE DISINFECTANTS SHOULD
CONFORM TO THE RELEVANT NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
WARNING
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE INSTRUMENT IS THOROUGHLY
DISINFECTED BEFOR IT IS REMOVED FROM THE LABORATORY OR
BEFORE ANY SERVICE IS PERFORMED ON IT.
Before the instrument is returned to the distributor or to a service center, all outer
surfaces and the plate transport must be disinfected and a disinfection
declaration must be completed by the operating authority. If a disinfection
declaration is not supplied, the instrument may not be accepted by the distributor
or service center or custom authorities may hold it.
6.7.1 Disinfection Solutions
The outer surfaces and the plate transport of the instrument should be disinfected
using a surface disinfection solution such as:
• areades® B (Schülke & Mayr GmbH, D-22840 Norderstedt)
• dodarcana® rapid neu (Schülke & Mayr GmbH, D-22840 Norderstedt)
• Bacillocid® rasant (Bode Chemie Hamburg, D-22525 Hamburg)
WARNING
PRIOR TO DISINFECTION DISCONNECT THE INSTRUMENT FROM THE
MAIN POWER SUPPLY TO AVOID ANY RISK OF FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
6.7.2 Disinfection Procedure
If the laboratory has no specific disinfection procedure, the following procedure
should be used to disinfect the outer surfaces and the plate transport of the
instrument.
WARNING
THE DISINFECTION PROCEDURE SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN A
WELL-VENTILATED ROOM BY AUTHORIZED TRAINED PERSONNEL
WEARING DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND PROTECTIVE GLASSES AND
CLOTHING.
Caution
The surface disinfectant can negatively influence the performance of
your instrument, if it is applied or accidentally gets inside the
instrument.
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