BV200 Plasma Viscometer Mk2/3 Customer User
Manual
Issue 9
th
Sep 2020 - Rev 1.8
Page 48 of 53
7.6. Decontamination
Add the 7ml barcoded decontamination additive to 118ml of demineralised water.
Mix the 125 ml of „decontamination fluid‟ in the Decontamination bottle
Attach to the wash bottle tubing and follow the on screen instructions
Laboratory bleach should not routinely be used on the viscometer or in the system
7.7. Enzyme
Put 4ml of deminerlaised water into an enzyme labelled empty collection tube
Add 3 drops of the concentrated enzyme from the 30ml dropper to the tube
Replace the cap of the tube and mix well
Remove the cap and present the tube to the viscometer barcode reader
The Viscometer will use most of the mixed cleaner. Discard any cleaner left in the tube
7.8. Steriliser
Put 4ml of demineralised water into an Steriliser labelled empty collection tube
Add 4 drops of the Steriliser Additive from the 30ml dropper to the tube
Replace the cap of the tube and mix well
Remove the cap and present the tube to the viscometer barcode reader
The Viscometer will use most of the mixed cleaner. Discard any cleaner left in the tube
7.9. Analysing NEQAS or External QC samples
Centrifuge the samples and treat the same as a patient sample
Apply NEQAS/External QC 01 and 02 barcodes to samples for identification and the verification of records
stored in the viscometer PC. This will also
help to stop the reporting of „crossed over‟ results to
NEQAS/External QC
7.10. Cassette Cleaning
Only use the syringe with the
BV Lure adaptor and tube
to push wash through the cassette capillary (See
section 4.2 in the help files)
Never use a Pasteur or syringe nozzle to attempt to squirt liquid directly into the cassette tube connector.
Water will inevitably leak and enter into the cassette inner body to destroy the sensitive electronics inside.
