AccuPoint Advanced HC User’s Guide
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OPERATING PROCEDURE
FOR OPTIMAL RESULTS:
a) Remove sampler cartridges from refrigeration and warm to room temperature for
at least one hour prior to use. Keep extra samplers in pouch, protected from light.
1. Check the display to make sure that the reader is ready.
Note:
If the reader is not
ready, there may be a used sampler cartridge inside. Press the eject button to
discard the cartridge, close the sampler door, and turn the reader off, then back
on to clear the error.
2. Navigate to the appropriate testing site.
3. Grasp a sampler by its handle and pull it out of its cartridge.
To ensure accurate
test results, do not touch the tip of the sampler, or let the tip touch any other
surface prior to testing.
4.
Surface sampling.
Sample a
surface of approximately 10 cm
by 10 cm (4 in by 4 in). Sample
by starting in one corner of the
square and forming a continuous
line going back and forth across
the square. Repeat the procedure
with slightly less pressure from
a starting point 90° from the
first (see illustration).
Note:
If
a sampled area is a different
size, be sure to be consistent
whenever retesting the surface.
Liquid sampling.
To test liquid, place an AccuPoint Advanced water sampler into
the liquid to be sampled so that the sponge tip is completely submerged. Withdraw
the sampler out of the liquid and tilt it slightly to allow excess liquid to drop off.
5. Reinsert the sampler into its cartridge and fully depress. Mix the cartridge for 2
seconds.
