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D32802 | Date 11/2018
Safety regulations
1.3 Requirements of the operating personnel
The appliance may only be operated and maintained by persons who are of legal age
and have been instructed accordingly and have the qualifications required for working
with experimental animals in accordance with the respective national and international
regulations and laws on keeping and working with experimental animals.
Repairs may only be performed by qualified electricians. The regulations in the separate
service manual must be observed.
1.4 Responsibility of the owner
The owner of the appliance
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is responsible for the flawless condition of the appliance and for it being operated in
accordance with its intended use (see page 6);
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is responsible for ensuring that any persons operating or maintaining the appliance
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have the required technical knowledge,
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were instructed on the appliance and are familiar with the operating manual
at hand as well as with the operating manual for the constant climate chamber
HPP and
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comply with the provisions of the respective national and international regula-
tions and laws on keeping and working with experimental animals.
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must know about the applicable standards, requirements, operational safety regula-
tions and animal welfare guidelines, and train staff accordingly;
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is responsible for ensuring that the relevant provisions for working with experimental
animals are complied with;
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is responsible for ensuring that unauthorised persons have no access to the appli-
ance;
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is responsible for ensuring that the maintenance plan is adhered to and that mainte-
nance work is carried out properly (see operating manual constant climate chamber
HPP);
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has to ensure that the appliance and its surroundings are kept clean and tidy, for
example through corresponding instructions and inspections;
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is responsible for ensuring that personal protective clothing is worn by operating
personnel, e.g. work clothes, safety shoes and protective gloves.
1.5 Intended use
The animal keeping chamber HPPlife is intended for the keeping of laboratory mice. Only
use it in accordance with the provisions of the respective national and international regu-
lations and laws on keeping and working with experimental animals.
The appliance is not explosion-proof (does not comply with the German occupational
health and safety regulation VBG 24). The appliance may not be loaded with materials
and substances which can release any toxic or explosive vapours at the set temperature
or which can explode, burst or ignite.
The appliance may not be used for the drying, evaporation and burning-in of paints
or similar materials, the solvents of which could form an explosive mixture when com-
bined with air. If there is any doubt as to the composition of materials, they must not be
loaded into the appliance. Potentially explosive gas-air mixtures must not form, neither in
the chamber nor in the direct vicinity of the appliance.
