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9.0 MAINTENANCE
9.1 Wash Cycle
The Wash feature for the Single Slide Automated Gram Stainer is required every 20 slides or every 8 days.
The unit runs water and decolorizer through the cuvette and with agitation cleans the internal surface of the cuvette and tubing.
9.1.1 Press [ 1 ] on the key pad to select Run
9.1.2 Press [ 2 ] on the key pad to select Clean Cuvette
9.1.3 Press [ 1 ] on the key pad to select Wash Cuvette
9.1.4 Press any key on the key pad to run the Wash Cycle
When complete, there will be an audible alert notifying the technician that the machine is ready to resume staining.
9.2 Bleach Cycle
The Bleach feature for the Single Slide Automated Gram Stainer is required every month or 600 cycles, whichever occurs first. The unit runs a 10% bleach solution
through the reagent and water lines to clean the internal surface of the tubing and to prevent debris build up in the waste line.
9.2.1 Press [ 1 ] on the key pad to select Run
9.2.2 Press [ 4 ] on the key pad to select Purge
9.2.3 Remove the reagent lines (Crystal Violet, Gram's Iodine, and Safranin) from their stain containers, and wipe off the residual reagents
from the ends of the cannulas or rinse them off in water.
9.2.4 In the same water container that supplies the instrument with water, make a 10% bleach solution.
9.2.5 Submerge all three of the reagent lines and the D.I. Water line into the DI water container that is full of a 10% bleach solution.
9.2.6 Press [ * ] on the key pad to return to the Main Menu
9.2.7 Press [ 1 ] on the key pad to select Run
9.2.8 Press [ 3 ] on the key pad to select Prime
9.2.9 Press [ * ] on the key pad to return to the Main Menu
9.2.10 Press [1] on the key pad to select Run
9.2.11 Press [1] on the key pad to select GRAM STAIN
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Art specifications:
IFU/Manual - 8"Wx10"H
Do not alter art or size.
All art prints PMS 185 Red and
100% Black.
AMS1800062
Rev. 0 2018-06
Single Slide Automated Gram Stainer User Manual
7/3/18 1:31 PM
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