Cleaning the sample port – Bayer HealthCare Rapidlab 800 User Manual

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Maintaining the System

Cleaning the Sample Port

Materials required:

S 10% solution of household bleach

NOTE:

Dilute household bleach (5.25% sodium hypochlorite) 1:10 with reagent

quality water.

S reagent water
S lint-free swabs

BIOHAZARD:

Refer to Appendix A, Protecting Yourself from Biohazards, for

recommended precautions when working with biohazardous materials.

1.

Stop the system from the Menu screen:

a. Select

2 Maintenance

and press

Enter

.

b. Select

7 Stop System

and press

Enter

.

2.

Pull off the sample door as shown in Figure 3-35.

Figure 3Ć35.āăRemoving the Sample Port

Drip Tray

Sample Door

Mount

Sample Port

OĆring

Retainer Ring

3.

Grasp the tab on the retainer ring and firmly pull the tab toward you to rotate
the ring.

4.

Grasp the sample port and attached drip tray and pull it off the mount as
shown in Figure 3-35.

WARNING

Wear safety glasses, gloves, and a laboratory coat when handling

bleach.

5.

Clean any deposits on the sample port, the drip tray, and the mount with a
lint-free swab moistened with a 10% solution of household bleach.

6.

Rinse the sample port and drip tray and the mount with reagent water.

2

Menu Code

7

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