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7. Reagent Containers
Place the reagent containers near the instrument, to an accessible
location. Do not place the containers to a higher position than that of
Abacus junior 5
, because would a tube come off its
connector, the fluids spoil out. Use the supplied connecting tubes
and special bottle caps. Be sure that the color on each tube, cap
and connector in the back of the instrument match. You can for
example, place the reagent containers below the desk
Abacus
junior 5
is installed on, as the instrument has sufficient power
to draw the liquids from a lower location.
All containers should be left open (do not block the small air vent
hole on the special container caps) in order to provide free airflow.
(For connections, see Figure 5.)
Figure 5. Reagent connections
8. Sample adapter
There is a preinstalled adapter in
Abacus junior 5
base
pack.
Figure 6. Sample tube adapter –
supporting BD Vacutainer (3.5ml)
Diluent
Lyse
Cleaner
Waste
Diluent solution
Waste container
LYSE
Cleaner
EOS
BAS
B
A
S
E
O
S
