OsmoPRO MAX Automated Osmometer User Guide
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7.1 When to Calibrate the Instrument
NOTICE:
Customers must calibrate the
OsmoPRO MAX using Advanced Instruments
Calibration Standards (see
Read and follow the calibration instructions
carefully. Testing calibration standards out of
order results in a calibration failure.
Calibration determines if an instrument deviates from
calibration references and, if so, to apply needed
correction factors to standardize the instrument.
Your Instrument was factory-calibrated using 2000, 850,
300, and 0 mOsm/kg
H
2
O
calibration standards,
Test Clinitrol™ 290 at least once daily to verify calibration.
Advanced Instruments recommends that you recalibrate
the OsmoPRO MAX in any of the following cases:
•
The reference solution test results are out of
specification (Advanced Instruments recommends
that you test appropriate reference solutions daily to
verify the calibration)
•
The instrument is serviced or its hardware replaced
•
Calibration is required based on laboratory
regulations
NOTE:
Calibration is not required after replacing the
7.2 Calibrating the Instrument
NOTICE:
Read and follow these calibration
instructions carefully. Testing calibration standards
out of order results in a calibration failure.
Required Calibrators
One 2 mL ampule each of 2000, 850, 300, and
0 mOsm/kg H
2
O calibration standard are required to
calibrate the instrument.
These standards are included in the
Pre-calibration Checklist
Before you begin calibrating the instrument, make sure
that the following actions are completed:
•
The waste bottle is empty or has sufficient capacity to
hold the cleaning fluid from the test run.
•
There is sufficient system fluid to operate the system.
•
Adapters to hold the ampules used for calibration
have been placed in the turntable.
•
Ampules of the required calibration standards and/or
controls have been opened and placed into the
adapters.
Chapter 7:
Running Instrument
Calibration
