High Technology, Inc.
109 Production Road,
Walpole MA USA 02081
Document Number
OM-E-FC-360-30
Revision Level
Rev. 3
Prepared By
J.S. Bolio
Approved By
S. Titov
Effective date
8/15/2016
Operator’s Manual: HTI BioChem FC-360
Page 180 of 217
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Note: If necessary, repeat step 5.
15.5.2.2
Disinfecting the tubing and cleaning of the containers
1. Remove the tubing from the probe and cuvettes containers (NOTE: do not disconnect the
tubing from the plastic connector, remove the filters)
2. Place the filters in a container with 30% Sodium Hypochlorite solution and leave for one hour
3. Place the filters back into the tubing and place the tubing in a container with 30% Sodium
Hypochlorite solution
4. Purge the diluter twenty times
5. Wash all cuvettes twice (1 to 100)
6. Leave for one hour
7.
Cleaning of the containers:
Washing solution containers:
rinse with plenty DI water
Waste container:
rinse with a 30% Sodium Hypochlorite solution and then rinse with plenty DI water.
8. Prepare new probe and cuvettes washing solutions
9. Remove the tubing from the Sodium Hypochlorite solution and rinse the extremes with DI water
10. Remove the filters from the Sodium Hypochlorite solution and rinse with plenty DI water
11. Connect the tubing back to the washing solution containers (make sure probe tubing go to probe
container, and cuvettes tubing go to cuvettes container)
12. Purge the diluter thirty times
13. Wash all cuvettes three times (1-100)
14. Calibrate photometer and cuvettes
15.5.2.3
General cleaning of the instrument
1.
Cleaning of the SR tray:
turn off the analyzer and the reagent cooling system, remove all reagent
bottles and clean with a damp cloth.
2.
Cleaning of the cuvettes tray:
using a damp cloth clean the black surface of the cuvettes tray.
3.
External cleaning:
with a damp cloth clean the external covers of the analyzer (gray and orange
covers)
Warning: the analyzer must be off during this procedure. Do not spill fluids on the instrument.
4.
External cleaning of the tip:
with a tissue embed in isopropyl alcohol clean the exterior of the probe
from up to down.
Warning: avoid removing the Teflon covering the volume sensor of the probe during this
procedure.
15.5.2.4
Axes lubrication
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