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The bare fiber sensors need to be secured in the delivered plastic
tube or in any customized housing to protect the fragile sensor tip.
For the robust probes, put on carefully the small piece of plastic
tubing onto the tip of the steel tubing to prevent any (destructive)
impact on the sensor surface.
For all sensors and fibers, put the black caps on the plug of the
fiber to prevent that light is entering the fiber possibly causing
photo-bleaching of the
REDFLASH indicator
.
For sensor spots and respiration vials, wet cotton swabs can be
used for cleaning to
carefully
wipe over the sensing surface. Rinse
the sensing surface sufficiently with water afterwards to remove
small particles and let it dry before storage.
Store the sensor in a dry, dark and secure place
.
