4.4 Safety and handling
Bear in mind the following safety considerations when performing maintenance procedures:
Warning:
To avoid personal contamination with biohazards, toxic materials, and corrosive
materials, wear chemical-resistant gloves when performing this procedure.
Warning:
Observe Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) at all times, particularly when
working with hazardous materials. Consult the Material Safety Data Sheets regarding
the solvents you use. Additionally, consult the safety representative for your
organization regarding its protocols for handling such materials.
Warning:
To avoid electric shock, observe these precautions:
• Do not remove the mass spectrometer’s protective panels. The components they
cover are not user-serviceable.
• When the instrument is in Operate mode, avoid touching the areas marked with the
high voltage warning symbol. To touch external areas marked with the symbol, first
put the instrument in Standby mode.
Warning:
To avoid burn injuries, take great care while working with the probe and
source; these components can be hot.
Warning:
To avoid puncture wounds, take great care working with the source
enclosure open if one or both of these conditions apply:
• An ESI probe is fitted (the probe’s tip is sharp).
• A corona pin is fitted (the pin’s tip is sharp).
Warning:
To avoid injury, ensure that these criteria are met when performing
maintenance operations inside the source enclosure:
• The instrument is in Standby mode.
• LC flow is diverted to waste or set to Off.
• Desolvation gas flow is stopped.
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