Leica Biosystems CM3050 S - Manual (Page 54)

54 Instructions for Use V 1.7 RevC - 08/2014
7. Disinfection, cleaning and maintenance
7.3 Disinfection with conventional disin-
fectants
• Switch the instrument off.
• Carefully remove knife / blade as well as
specimens and accessories from the cham-
ber.
• Remove section waste from the chamber
and dispose of it.
• Remove sliding window (see chapter 7.6 ‘Ex-
changing the fluorescent light lamp’).
• Remove microtome (see chapter 7.5.1 ‘Re-
moving the microtome’).
• Allow the microtome to thaw, disinfect and
allow to dry thoroughly.
Drying the microtome:
• Use a hairdryer: dry and before re-
installing into the chamber allow
the microtome to cool down to room
temperature.
• Allow to dry at room temperature (at
least over night - longer, if neces-
sary).
• Disinfect and dry disassembled parts (ac-
cessories and tools).
• Disinfect chamber walls with commercial al-
cohol disinfectant.
• Place an adequate container underneath the
drain tube at the right side of the instrument.
• Pull stopper out of chamber bottom and
drain off disinfecting solution into the con-
tainer.
• Put stopper back into drain in cryochamber.
• Allow cryochamber to dry thoroughly.
• Reinstall microtome (see chapter 7.5.3).
• Only when they are completely dry, reinsert
the disinfected accessories / tools into the
cryochamber.
• Reinsert the sliding window.
• Switch the instrument back on.
• Once a suitable chamber temperature has
been reached, return the specimens to the
cryochamber.
7.4 Cleaning
• When necessary, the instrument surfac-
es can be cleaned with mild commercial
household cleaners.
• Surfaces which are potentially contami-
nated (infectious germs) should always be
cleaned with alcohol disinfectants!