The Rinse Probe screen will display “OK to rinse Probe?”
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Warning
The light shield cover is designed to be locked when fully opened. When you open the light shield cover to start servicing, make sure that the cover locks. If it does not, the cover could fall and cause injuries to your head, etc.
Risk of Infection
Be sure to wear latex or non latex examination gloves before starting maintenance. After the maintenance is completed, wash hands with antiseptic solution. If hands should be contaminated by blood, there is a hazard of infection by pathogenic bacteria.
Risk of Infection
• The end of the sample probe is sharp. Handle with sufficient caution.
• When cleaning the probe, always wear latex or non latex examination gloves. Wipe off the sample probe from top to bottom. After completion of operation, be sure to wash hands with antiseptic solution. Should hands be contaminated with blood, there is a hazard of infection by pathogenic bacteria, etc. Also, medical waste and infective waste should be properly dis-posed of.
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[Set] key: Executes Probe Rinse Operation.
[Cancel] key: Cancels Probe Rinse Operation and returns the screen to the Root Menu.
4. Press [Set] key to start rinse operation. The message “Rinsing Probe in progress” will appear. To stop rinse operation when “Rinsing Probe in progress”, press [Cancel] key. However, after [Cancel] key is pressed, some time may be required before the system returns to
“Ready” status.
5. Probe rinse operation ends.
When rinse operation is over, the Root Menu screen will return.
11.3 Discard Used Reaction Tubes
The used reaction tubes automatically fall into the trash drawer. At com-pletion of the analyses, discard the used reaction tubes from the trash drawer and clean it. Capacity of trash drawer is approximately 60 tubes.
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Caution
If the operation is canceled, restart it immediately. Other-wise, CA CLEAN I may remain in the probe, causing incorrect analysis results.
Note
CA CLEAN I aspiration and pipette rinsing take about 3 min-utes.
Risk of Infection
When discarding used reaction tubes, always wear latex or non latex examination gloves. After completion of operation, be sure to wash hands with antiseptic solu-tion. Should hands be contaminated with blood, there is a hazard of infection by pathogenic bacteria, etc. Also, medical waste and infective waste should be properly disposed of.
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1. Pull out the reaction tube trash drawer from the instrument's right side panel.
2. Discard the used reaction tubes.
3. Clean the reaction tube trash drawer with tap water.
4. Dry the reaction tube trash drawer and restore it in place.
11.4 Dispose of Waste
When a day’s analyses are completed, or when the waste bottle is full, discard the waste that has collected in the waste bottle.
1. Turn the cap of the waste bottle counterclockwise and take out the float switch.
2. Discard waste liquid.
Reaction tube trash drawer
Risk of Infection
When disposing of waste, always wear latex or non latex examination gloves. After completion of operation, wash hands with antiseptic solution.
Should hands be contaminated with blood, there is a hazard of infection by pathogenic bacteria, etc. Also, medical waste and infective waste should be properly disposed of.
Float switch Cap
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to tighten it securely.Check for any kink, etc. in the tube.
11.5 Remove Dew from Reagent Rack (for 530, 540, 550 and CA-560 only)
After completion of the day's analyses or once in 24-hour continuous operation, check to see that dew has not formed on the reagent rack.
Remove any if found.
1. Open the light shield cover and confirm that it is locked.
Caution
When the bottle becomes full of waste, the alarm will sound and the confirmation screen will appear. Press [Conf.] key and wait until Analysis Start Confirmation screen or “Ready” appears (Interrupt process is exe-cuted).
Then, discard waste by the procedure described above.
After discarding, close the waste bottle cap and press [Start] key.
Caution
When the bottle has become full after the dispensing of all samples, the Analysis Start Confirmation screen will not appear.
Important
When analysis is made or the power is turned off with the waste bottle lying flat, waste may flow back into the vacuum pump, causing the pump to fail.
Make sure the waste bottle is standing upright.
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2. Use paper towel or lint-free tissue to wipe off any condensation from the cooling section.
3. Insert paper towel or lint-free tissue into the four holes on the left side of the reagent rack and wipe off any condensation.
4. Close the light shield cover.
11.6 LED Calibration
The LED Calibration confirmation window will appear at the instrument power ON, if passing one month from the last day of LED Calibration if DFbg is required since DFbg is sensitive to changes in scattered light intensity.
Press [OK] key, and perform the LED Calibration according to the fol-lowing procedures.
1. Press [Special Menu] key on the Root Menu screen to display