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CHAPTER 1 Introduction 13
Biological Hazard
When you analyze biological fluids you need possible precautions and
treat all specimens as potentially infectious. Always wear protective
And gloves when handling toxic or biologically infectious samples to pre-
vent bio hazards or hazards while working with the DECADE Elite. If nec-
essary the instrument must be decontaminated before decommissioning or
shipment of the instrument for repair to Antec or its representatives. When
shipped to Antec every instrument has to be accompanied with a decon-
tamination form which should be completely filled in and signed by the cus-
tomer. Without this decontamination form the instrument will not be pro-
cessed by Antec (either repaired or disposed).
Waste disposal
Perform periodic leak checks on LC tubing and connections. Do not close
or block the drain in the oven compartment. Do not allow flammable and/or
toxic solvents to accumulate. Follow a regulated, approved waste
Disposal program. Never dispose of flammable and/ toxic solvents through
the municipal sewage system.
Applications: quality control
It is recommended that you routinely run several quality control samples.
Quality control samples should represent low, average and high levels of a
compound. Make sure that quality control sample results are within
An acceptable range, and evaluate precision from day to day and run to
run. Data collected when quality control samples are out of range may not
be valid. Do not report this data until you are certain that system
Performance is acceptable. Apart from use of quality control samples, we
Recommend that you use blanks. The blanks will help you assess whether
carry-over is within an acceptable range and monitor the integrity of your
data.
Using the DECADE Elite in other ways than indicated in the manual or
defined by good laboratory practice may result in erratic or unsafe
operation.