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D39322 | Date 03/2018
Operation
5. Operation
5.1 Preparation
Warm the device for 4 hours at 37 °C before incubating (without incubation material, but with
inserted Petri dish holders and media holders as well as media). Do not activate the humidity
control before the chamber has been heated for at least 4 hours. Depending on the use, set
the rest of the parameters (CO
2
and O
2
) (see ICOmed operating instructions).
5.2 Start the incubation process
1. Wipe off any descriptions on the magnetic foil and the drawers.
2. Insert the Petri dishes with the incubation charge.
3. Close the door.
4. Label the outer magnetic film and drawers with whiteboard pens to assign the samples
(do not use permanent markers).
NOTICE
Only open the outer door for checking purposes and otherwise keep the door closed. When
the door is opened, the temperature, humidity and CO
2
control is interrupted until it closes
again.
5.3 After the incubation process
Open the appliance, pull out one of the drawers and let the appliance ventilate for 30 min-
utes.
