Using Blood Bag Cups - Beckman Coulter Avanti J Series Instructions For Use Manual

Table 3.2 Aerosolve Tube Rack (Continued)
Rack Color
light green
(conical)
lime green
(conical)
yellow
a. These cushions are inserted into the tube holes in the base of the rack. An additional pad (part number 349948), inserted in
the rotor bucket beneath the entire canister, is also needed.
b. If using 15-mL Vacutainers, only four may be loaded into this tube rack (the two outer positions are restricted by the cover
height). Vacutainer is a registered trademark of Beckton, Dickinson and Company.

Using Blood Bag Cups

WARNING
Ask your laboratory safety officer to advise you about the level of containment
required for your application and about the proper decontamination or
sterilization procedures to follow if fluids escape from containers.
Different cups, color-coded for capacity identification, can accommodate single, double, triple, or
quad pack blood bags. Refer to the applicable rotor manual to determine the correct blood bag cup
to use. Do not pour liquid directly into blood bag cups. Fit blood bags into cups before loading the cups into
the rotor buckets. Stuffing blood bags directly into the rotor while it is installed in the centrifuge can
trip the imbalance detector.
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Load the bags as far down into the cups as possible.
Make sure the bags stay as vertical as possible, with no folds at the top or corners.
If folds are present, blood cells could remain in the folds and then mix with the plasma when
the bag is removed.
PN JR-IM-10AG
Nominal Nominal
Tube Tube
Volume Diameter
(mL) (mm)
15 17
3 & 5 12
50 30
3 & 5 12
50 29
3 & 5 12
Tubes, Bottles, and Accessories
Maximum Part Number
Number
Tubes per (set of
Adapter four racks)
6 358991
6
4 358992
4
4 359164
4
Using Blood Bag Cups
Tube
a
Cushion
(set of
Part
two racks)
Number
359487 none
359488 none
359486 344121
3-19
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