Perform maintenance procedures at the recommended frequency to maintain the operating efficiency of your analyzer. Procedures marked with an * may require more frequent performance (described in each procedure).
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Only Siemens-trained users are to perform maintenance procedures. |
Wear personal protective equipment. Use universal precautions. |
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Daily (print Daily maintenance)Clean the probes. Clean the mixing rods. Clean the reaction and dilution cuvette washers. Check reagents and system solutions. Inspect the cuvette splash covers. Wipe excessive condensation from the reagent trays. Perform shutdown wash or modified shutdown wash.* Weekly (print Weekly maintenance)Perform cuvette blank (cell blank) measurement Clean the exterior module panels. Monthly (print Monthly maintenance) |
Every 2 months (print 2-month maintenance)Clean the dilution tray cuvettes Clean the cuvette conditioner bottle Every 3 months (print 3-month maintenance)Wash ISE electrode lines.* Every 4 months (print 4-month maintenance)Clean the ancillary reagent bottle filters. Clean the pure-water bottle filter. Replace the reaction and dilution cuvettes. As required (print As required maintenance)Replenish the RRV-bath oil bottle Perform preventive cleaning of the wash station lines. Wash all ISE lines (if contaminated). |