Care And Maintenance - VWR shiroGEL Vertical 20 Manual De Instrucciones

Care and Maintenance:

Cleaning shiroGEL Vertical 20
Units are best cleaned using warm water and a mild detergent. Water at
temperatures above 60
components.
The unit should be thoroughly rinsed with warm water or distilled water to
prevent build up of salts but care should be taken not to damage the plate
electrodes and vigorous cleaning is not necessary or advised.
Air drying is preferably before use.
The units should only be cleaned with the following:
Warm water with a mild concentration of soap or other mild detergent.
Compatible detergents include dishwashing liquid, Hexane and Aliphatic
hydrocarbons
The units should not be left to in detergents for more than 30 minutes.
The units should never come into contact with the following cleaning agents,
these will cause irreversible and accumulative damage:-
Acetone Phenol
Ethanol Methanol
RNase Decontamination
This can be performed using the following protocol:-
Clean the units with a mild detergent as described above.
Wash with 3% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for 10 minutes.
Rinsed with 0.1% DEPC- (diethyl pyrocarbonate) treated distilled water,
Caution: DEPC is a suspected carcinogen. Always take the necessary
precautions when using. RNaseZAP™ (Ambion) can also be used. Please
consult the instructions for use with acrylic gel tanks.
0
C can cause damage to the unit and
Chloroform
Isopropyl alcohol
4
Carbon
tetrachloride
Alkalis