High Technology, Inc.
109 Production Road,
Walpole MA 02081 USA
Document Number
OM-E-FC-360-30
Revision Level
Rev. 3
Prepared by
J.S. Bolio
Approved by
S. Titov
Effective Date
8/15/2016
Operator’s Manual: HTI BioChem FC-360
HIGH TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Wash Cuvettes
Cuvette washing processes are carried out from the
Operations Menu
,
Wash Cuvettes
submenu or from
the
Wash Cuvettes
icon on the main screen of the system (Figure 7-33)
Figure 7-37
The different options to wash cuvettes are:
All cuvettes:
it washes all 100 cuvettes.
Dirty cuvettes:
it only washes dirty cuvettes which have just been used and which have been partially
washed.
Cuvettes range:
select the range of cuvettes to wash. In the left box put the number of the initial cuvette
and in the right box put the number of the final cuvette to be washed.
Special Wash:
A special wash solution is placed in a reagent bottle and is assigned a position in the
Reagent Pos.
box. During this wash cycle, the instrument starts washing cuvettes from 1 to 10 and then
dispenses 300 µl special washing solution and 300 µl washing solution in each of the 100 cuvettes. This
wash solution mixture remains in the cuvettes for approximately 10 minutes, and then it is automatically
washed. A diluted solution of sodium hydroxide is used for the special wash.
NOTE: This procedure must be performed after using latex reagents using a 2N NaOH solution. It
can also be performed when needed using a 0.2N NaOH solution as a preventive maintenance of
the cuvettes.
From the
Operations Menu, Wash Cuvettes
submenu or by pressing the
Wash Cuvettes
icon, select the
desired washing option on the
Wash Cuvettes
screen (Figure 7-34). Press
Wash
or
Cancel
.
