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Maintaining Your Instrument
Decontaminating the Instrument
Thermo Scientific NanoDrop One User Guide 289
To decontaminate the pedestals
To decontaminate the instrument surfaces
Related Topics
• Clean Pedestals
• Recondition Pedestals
• Clean Touchscreen
1. Lift the instrument arm and clean the upper and lower
pedestal with a new laboratory wipe.
2. Pipette 2–3 μL diluted bleach solution (see Supplies
needed) onto the lower pedestal.
3. Lower the arm and wait 2–3 minutes.
4. Lift the arm and clean both pedestals with a new wipe.
5. Pipette 3–5 μL DI H
2
O onto the lower pedestal.
6. Lower the arm and wait 2–3 minutes.
7. Lift the arm and clean both pedestals with a new wipe.
1. Dampen a clean, soft cloth or laboratory wipe with the
diluted bleach solution (see Supplies needed) and use it to
gently wipe the outside surfaces of the instrument.
2. Use a clean cloth or wipe dampened with DI H
2
O to
remove the bleach solution.