Daily Maintenance Procedure - Qiagen BioRobot M48 User Manual

Preventive Maintenance
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guaranteed.
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6.1

Daily maintenance procedure

WARNING Hazardous chemicals and infectious agents
The waste contains samples and reagents. This waste may
contain toxic or infectious material and must be disposed
of properly. Refer to your local safety regulations for
proper disposal procedures.
After running the last protocol of the day, perform the daily
maintenance procedure:
1. Remove the tip waste bag from the waste chute.
2. Remove used disposable labware and unwanted samples
3. If the waste chute contained disposable tips (step 1),
4. Check whether the tip guard insert is dirty. If necessary,
6-2
If necessary, remove any disposable tips from the waste
chute.
Discard the tip waste bag according to your local safety
regulations.
and reagents, and discard them according to your local
safety regulations.
If you want to keep any unused reagent, transfer them to
airtight containers. Do not store unused lysis buffer,
unless otherwise indicated in the kit handbook.
clean it with 70% ethanol and then with distilled water.
Dry the waste chute with paper towels.
clean it (see page 6-4).
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