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General Guidelines,
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To obtain the best results, follow these recommendations:
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Wear gloves during the handling of samples or assembling the plastic
disposables on the rack.
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Use the appropriate iPrep
™
Card with the iPrep
™
Kit as described on the
previous page.
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Avoid using expired iPrep
™
Kit. Always use the iPrep
™
Kits before the
specified expiration date printed on the package.
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Be sure to remove the caps of the sample and elution tubes
•
Make sure the sample volume is not less than volume recommended in
iPrep
™
Kit manuals to ensure proper mixing in the tip and to prevent
formation of air bubbles in the tip
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Do not switch the supplied pre-filled reagents with any other buffers as
the protocols are specifically optimized with the reagents supplied with
the kit.
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Transfer the eluted sample to appropriate storage as described in the
iPrep
™
Kit manual.
Important
•
You can load 1-13 iPrep
™
Cartridges on the rack depending on the number
of samples that you wish to process. If you are loading less than
13 cartridges, ensure that the remaining plastic ware (tips and tubes) are also
loaded in the same order as the cartridges.
•
Do not open the iPrep
™
Door once the protocol has started.
The
purification protocol stops once the door is opened and you may not be able
to continue the protocol.
To pause or stop the protocol, see page 32.
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Always load the iPrep
™
Cartridge Rack first followed by the iPrep
™
Tip and
Tube Rack as described on page 25. Changing the order of loading the
iPrep
™
Racks may cause the instrument to stop during a protocol run.
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Do not just place the reagent cartridges on the rack. You need to slide the
cartridge into the rack and push down as described on page 25. Incorrect
loading of the cartridge may cause the instrument to stop during the
protocol run.
