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Maintenance 131
Weekly maintenance
Performing the weekly wash
Materials required:
• 5% solution of Reagent Probe Wash 3
(REF 03164495, PN B01-4183-01)
• ISE Wash (REF 01307361,
PN B01-4174-01)
• Deionized water
Time: 38 minutes
Analyzer mode: READY
BIOHAZARD
Wear personal protective equipment.
Use universal precautions.
Laboratories running the system more than 8 hours per day or running large numbers of
dialysis or urine samples are advised to perform this Weekly wash procedure
Daily
, in
place of the Shutdown wash procedure. The Weekly Wash is the same as the Daily
Shutdown Wash, except that a 5% solution of reagent probe wash 3 is substituted for
10% cuvette wash solution.
NOTE:
When performing weekly maintenance, be sure to perform the procedures in the
following sequence
:
1. Weekly wash (this procedure)
2. Lamp energy check
3. Cuvette blank measurement
For location of washes on the CTT and RTT trays, refer to Figure 5-12.
WARNING
Before handling any reagents, read the warnings on page 196
1. At the Operation Panel, select Wash .
2. Ensure the 10-mL tube at CTT position #49 contains a 5% solution of Reagent Probe
Wash 3 and that the cup at CTT position #15 contains ISE Detergent.
3. Ensure the bottle at RTT1 and RTT2 position #55 contains a 5% solution of Reagent
Probe Wash 3.
4. Ensure the 10-mL tube at CTT position #50 contains DI water.
5. Ensure the bottle at RTT1 and RTT2 position #56 contains DI water.
NOTE: At your laboratory’s discretion, you may use other positions for the washes
on each of the trays, but you must change the entries for the alternate positions in the
appropriate fields on the WASH Set window.
6. At the WASH Set window, define the WASH2 container positions as follows:
a. Select WASH2 .
b. Select 2 for Cycles (the default setting).