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System Maintenance
NovoCyte Quanteon Flow Cytometer Operator's Guide 125
Unscheduled Maintenance
The following instrument components should be checked occasionally, and
maintenance or cleaning should be conducted when necessary. The frequency
depends on how often the instrument is used. Other components not listed here
should also be checked periodically for wear and replacement if necessary.
Table 10 Unscheduled Maintenance and When to Perform
Unscheduled Maintenance When to Perform
Debubble
•
The CV of the data is larger than normal.
•
QC test failed.
•
No events showed up after sample collection
started for certain period of time.
•
Instrument was not used for over one week.
Clean the External Surface of the Instrument Keep the external surface of the instrument clean.
Decontamination When suspecting contamination in the system.
Prime Fluidics System before Long-Term Storage No plan to run the instrument for more than two
weeks.
Prime Fluidics System after Long-Term Storage Instrument has not been used for more than two
weeks.
Purge Fluidics System before Shipment The instrument needs to be shipped.
Calibrate the NovoCyte Fluidics Station II or
NovoCyte Fluidics Cart Abnormal warning about the liquid level in the
reagent containers is observed.
Clean the Optical Filters The optical filters get dirty.
Clean Fluidics System
• The CV of the data is larger than normal.
•
QC test failed.
•
Excessive debris in display.
Debubble
When the CV of the data is larger than normal or the QC Test fails, there is a
possibility that bubbles exist inside the flow cell. In this case, the following
procedure should be conducted to remove the bubbles.
When the instrument is in Ready status, click Instrument > Fluidics Maintenance >
Debubble from the NovoExpress software to execute the Debubble procedure.