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Operator’s Guide
Contents
Safety ...........................................................................................................................................................5
Compliance .................................................................................................................................................5
Warnings ......................................................................................................................................................6
Pressure Elution Station...............................................................................................................................7
Pressure Elution Station system ..................................................................................................................8
supplied by IDEXX ................................................................................9
Location .....................................................................................................................................................10
Power connection ......................................................................................................................................10
Connecting the air supply ..........................................................................................................................10
Using your facility’s air supply ...................................................................................................................10
Connecting an air compressor to the hose kit ..........................................................................................10
Checking the pressure regulator setting ...................................................................................................11
Sampling ....................................................................................................................................................12
Operating pressure ....................................................................................................................................12
Assembling the Filter Module and filtering the sample .............................................................................13
Preparing the buffer solution .....................................................................................................................13
Performing the initial system check ...........................................................................................................14
Transferring Filter Modules to an alternative housing ................................................................................15
Understanding the control panel ...............................................................................................................15
Eluting the sample .....................................................................................................................................16
Concentrating the eluates and resuspending the pellet before IMS ........................................................17
Purging the buffer solution ........................................................................................................................19