Chapter 5 Maintenance And Care; Cleaning Intervals; Cleaning - Thermo Scientific Heraeus Cryofuge 5500i Instruction Manual

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Maintenance and Care

Cleaning Intervals

Cleaning Intervals
For the sake of personal, environmental and material protection, it is your duty to clean and if
necessary, disinfect the centrifuge on a regular basis.
Maintenance
Clean Rotor Chamber
Clean Rotor
Accessories
Cabinet
Ventilation Holes

Cleaning

When cleaning centrifuge mind the following:
• Use warm water with a neutral solvent.
• Never use caustic cleaning agents such as soap suds, phosphoric acid, bleaching solutions or
scrubbing powder.
• Use a soft brush without metal bristles to remove stubborn residue.
• Afterwards rinse with distilled water.
• Use only disinfectants with a pH of 6-8.
Clean centrifuge and accessories as follow:
1. Open the centrifuge.
2. Turn off the centrifuge.
3. Pull out the power supply plug.
4. Release the rotor.
5. Grasp the rotor with both hands and lift it vertically off the centrifuge spindle.
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CAUTION Refrain from using any other cleaning or decontamination procedure than those
recommended here, if you are not entirely sure that the intended procedure is safe for the
equipment.
Use only approved cleansers.
If in doubt, contact Thermo Fisher Scientific.
CAUTION Before using any cleaning or decontamination methods except those
recommended by the manufacturer, users should check with the manufacturer that the
proposed method will not damage the equipment.
Recommended Interval
Daily or when polluted
Daily or when polluted
Daily or when polluted
Once per month
Every six months
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