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4.4
Safety and handling
Bear in mind the following safety considerations when performing maintenance procedures:
Warning:
To avoid personal contamination, always wear chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves
while handling instrument components. The components can be contaminated with biohazards or
toxic materials.
Warning:
solvents, changing tubing, or operating the instrument. Know the physical and chemical
properties of the solvents used (see the Material Safety Data Sheets for the solvents in
use).
Warning:
•
do not remove the instrument's panels, unless specifically instructed to do so.
•
ensure that the instrument is in Standby mode before beginning any maintenance
operation.
Warning:
they can be hot.
Warning:
inside the source enclosure:
•
The instrument is in Standby mode.
•
LC flow is diverted to waste or set to Off.
•
Desolvation gas flow is stopped.
See
Appendix A
4.5
Preparing the instrument for operations on or inside its
source
For safety reasons, you must follow this procedure before working on the source (for example,
when changing the probe, operating the source isolation valve, and maintaining the source).
To prepare the instrument for operations on or inside its source:
1.
In the Instrument Console, click Stop Flow
required, divert the LC flow to waste as follows:
a.
In the Instrument Console system tree, expand Xevo TQD IVD, Interactive Fluidics.
b.
Click Control
c.
Select Waste, as the flow state.
To prevent injury, always observe Good Laboratory Practice when handling
To avoid electric shock,
To avoid burn injuries, take great care while working with the probe and source;
To avoid injury, ensure that these criteria are met when performing maintenance
for safety advisory information.
.
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to stop the LC flow; if column flow is
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