Bayer HealthCare Rapidlab 800 User Manual

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Maintaining the System

d. Lay the anvil on its side.

e. Remove the gasket and discard it according to your laboratory biohazard

protocol.

3.

Clean the hemolyzer and the anvil:

a. Clean the hemolyzer with a lint-free tissue soaked in mild cleaning

solution.

b. Wipe the surface with a lint-free tissue soaked in reagent-quality water.

c. Dry the surface thoroughly.

d. Repeat steps a through c for the anvil.

4.

Reassemble the hemolyzer:

a. Insert a new gasket in the groove of the anvil.

b. Place the anvil on the mounting pin. Make sure the anvil is seated on the

pin and does not rotate. The anvil spring does rotate.

c. Reconnect the sample tubing to the anvil.

d. Reinstall the anvil cap to secure the anvil. Listen for a click, which

indicates that the anvil is in place.

NOTE:ĄĂ

The anvil sits loosely on the hemolyzer. As you turn the anvil cap, the

anvil is secured against the hemolyzer.

5.

Press

Continue

.

A wash sequence starts. When the wash sequence finishes, a message box
appears prompting you to perform a two-point calibration.

6.

Press

No

.

7.

Perform a one-point calibration from the Menu screen:

a. Select

1 Calibration

and press

Enter

.

b. Select

1 One-point

and press

Enter

.

1

Menu Code

1

(from the Main Menu)

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