Nozzle; Nozzle Cleaning Solution; Other Parts - bioMerieux PREVI Color Gram User Manual

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The nozzle cleaning solution is used for the PREVI™ Color Gram maintenance operations.
The 2.5 L concentrated nozzle cleaning solution (reference 29525) is contained in a 5-liter
bottle. The concentrate is composed of 25.2 g of Oxalic Acid Dihydrate per liter of deionized
water.
It contains at least 1% of Oxalic Acid Dihydrate (the Material Safety Data sheet is available
on request).
The nozzle cleaning solution must be reconstituted before use by adding
2.5 liters of ethanol (C H
2 6
This instruction is symbolized on the bottle label by the following mention:
"--> + 2.5 L (C H O or CH
2 6
The reagents required but not provided (ethanol or methanol) may present a chemical risk
and should be handled with care. Reconstituted Nozzle Cleaning Solution with ethanol or
methanol, can be hazardous and should be handled with the same care.
The concentrated nozzle cleaning solution must be stored at 15-25°C until the expiry date
indicated on the bottle label.
After reconstitution, the solution must be stored at 15-25°C until the expiry date.
For practical reasons, the solution can be transferred into a 500 mL or a 1-liter bottle.
In this case, it is important to record the expiry date on the bottle.
Please refer to "Maintenance and cleaning" section, page 5-4.
Waste disposal: the Nozzle Cleaning Solution effluents must be treated in the same
manner as the reagents, see warning page 5-3.
Note: The nozzle cleaning solution is available separately.
Please contact your bioMérieux representative.
Since the following parts are not available from bioMérieux, they must be obtained locally:
•
ethanol or methanol more than 99.8 % pure
•
distilled water.
Empty bottles can be provided by bioMérieux (see "References", page 2-3).
ETHANOL OR METHANOL are not provided by bioMérieux.
The customer should purchase them locally and observe the recommendations, in
terms of safety and chemical risk.
O) or methanol (CH O) (99.8%) to the 5 L bottle.
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Compression screw
Nozzle housing
Swirl cone
O-ring
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