Required Protection; Burst Warning; Biohazard Warning - Waters ACQUITY UPLC M-Class System Manual

A.4 Required protection
The Use Eye Protection and Wear Protective Gloves symbols alert you to the requirement for
personal protective equipment. Select appropriate protective equipment according to your
organization's standard operating procedures.
Requirement:
Requirement:
this procedure.
A.5 Burst warning
This warning applies to Waters instruments and devices fitted with nonmetallic tubing.
Warning:
when working in the vicinity of such tubing when it is pressurized:
• Wear eye protection.
• Extinguish all nearby flames.
• Do not use tubing that is, or has been, stressed or kinked.
• Do not expose nonmetallic tubing to compounds with which it is chemically
incompatible: tetrahydrofuran, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid, for example.
• Be aware that some compounds, like methylene chloride and dimethyl sulfoxide,
can cause nonmetallic tubing to swell, significantly reducing the pressure at which
the tubing can rupture.
A.6 Biohazard warning
The following warning applies to Waters instruments and devices that can process biologically
hazardous materials. Biologically hazardous materials are substances that contain biological
agents capable of producing harmful effects in humans.
Warning:
and other biological materials, assume that all biological fluids that you handle are
infectious.
Specific precautions appear in the latest edition of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
publication Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL).
Use eye protection when performing this procedure.
Wear clean, chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves when performing
To avoid injury from bursting, nonmetallic tubing, heed these precautions
To avoid infection from blood-borne pathogens, inactivated microorganisms,
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