Instructions For Use; Start-Up - Terragene Bionova IC10/20FR Manual Del Operador

Instructions for use

Start-up

All equipment is manufactured with the fo-
llowing settings:
- Time zone: UTC +0:00
- Printing language: English
For changing time zone, refer to Time zone change
mode section.
For changing printing language, refer to Printing lan-
guage section.
1-Place the auto-reader on a firm surface, free from
vibrations, away from sunlight, currents of hot or cold
air, chemicals and corrosive or flammable substances.
Do not place the equipment in a way that disconnec-
tion of the plug from the power supply could be diffi-
cult. Leave a gap of at least 10 cm from the wall. Do
not move the auto-reader periodically or during its
use. Connect the auto-reader to a secure and stable
electrical power source.
Do not wet or heat the auto-reader. If some li-
quid spills on the machine, disconnect it and
dry it immediately. Before turning on, verify
that all reading positions are empty.
2-Turn on the machine by connecting the end of the
AC power supply to the mains and then connect the
other end of the source (plug) on the rear of de IC10/20FR
unit. The printer's paper indicator light will turn on,
if this light becomes intermittent, this mean that
the thermal paper must be loaded into the printer.
Otherwise, the light remains stationary.
3-Synchronize IC10/20FR with local time using Biono-
va® software available at
ar/productos/control-de-infecciones/control-de-pro-
cesos-de-esterilizacion/incubadoras/ic10-20fr/.
Then, connect a PC to the USB plug of the incubator
and start the program. The Bionova® IC10/20FR will be
synchronized with the time in the PC. Synchronization
can be done as long there is not an ongoing reading.
4- The incubator will initiate with the last setup pro-
gram for temperature and time. To change the incuba-
tion temperature, press the button
Lights corresponding to 37 °C and 60 °C will start blin-
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for 3 seconds.
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king, indicating that a temperature program must be
selected. For temperature selection, press the button
to select 37 ºC or 60 ºC. After 4 seconds the tempe-
rature modification will be accepted.
For 37 ºC, the IC10/20FR auto-reader will automati-
cally select the 4 hrs. final reading program in both
halves of the incubation area (1-6 and 7-12).
For 60 ºC, 30 min., 1, 2 or 3 hrs. program can be selec-
ted. It's possible to select different programs for each
half or the same for both, depending on the indica-
tor´s final reading characteristics.
5-The auto-reader will keep the selected temperature
(37 ºC or 60 ºC) during the reading process. The sys-
tem does not allow to modify the temperature once
the reading process has begun, unless the reading is
finished. The incubation temperature can only be mo-
dified when no reading program is in progress. 6-Start
readings once the blue temperature selection's light
remains stable, this indicates that incubation tempe-
rature was reached. Once the selected temperature
has been reached and remains stable, after turning
on the equipment, a one-time automatic check of the
Biological Indicators and Protein Pen incubation posi-
tions will be carried out. Indicating lights of each well
will turn on bringing the result, a green light will show
a satisfactory result while a red light will indicate error.
When the equipment detects an error in any position,
a ticket indicating the day, time and position involved
will be printed. These positions will be deactivated,
thus preventing their use.
For a correct automatic check, the protective
cover of the incubator should be in its place.
Read BIs instructions for use. Before placing the
vials in the incubator, press the top to seal the
tube. Crush the ampoule (using the ampoule
crusher within the box of BIs or the one located
within the incubation area of the incubator)
and make sure that the liquid has completely
wet the spore carrier placed at the bottom of
the biological indicator plastic tube.