Rotor And Accessories; Cleaning And Care; Disinfection; Removal Of Radioactive Contaminants - Intra-Lock INTRA-SPIN Manual

23.2

Rotor and accessories

23.2.1

Cleaning and care

• To avoid corrosion and changes to the materials, the rotor and accessories have to be cleaned regularly with
soap or a mild cleaning agent and a moist cloth. Cleaning is recommended at least once a week. Contaminants
must be removed immediately.
• Ingredients of suitable detergents:
soap, anionic tensides, non-ionic tensides.
• After using detergents, remove detergent residue by rinsing with water (only outside of the centrifuge) or wipe off
with a damp cloth.
• The rotor and accessories have to be dried immediately after cleaning.
• Check the rotor and accessories weekly for wear and corrosion damage.
The rotor and accessories must no longer be used if they show signs of wear or corrosion.
• Check the firm seating of the rotor on a weekly basis.
23.2.2

Disinfection

• If infectious material should get on the rotor or accessories, they must be appropriately disinfected.
• Ingredients of suitable disinfectants:
ethanol, n-propanol, ethyl hexanol, anionic tensides, corrosion inhibitors.
• After using disinfectants, remove disinfectant residue by rinsing with water (only outside of the centrifuge) or wipe
off with a damp cloth.
• The rotor and accessories must be dried directly after disinfection.
23.2.3

Removal of radioactive contaminants

• The agent must be specifically labelled as being an agent for the removal of radioactive contaminants.
• Ingredients of suitable agents for removing radioactive contaminants:
anionic tensides, non-ionic tensides, polyhydrated ethanol.
• After removing the radioactive contaminants, remove agent residue by rinsing with water (only outside of the
centrifuge) or wipe off with a damp cloth.
• The rotor and accessories must be dried directly after removing the radioactive contaminants.
23.2.4

Rotors and accessories with limited service lives

The period of use of the rotor is limited to 50000 running cycles (centrifugation runs). The maximum permissible
number of run cycles can be seen on the rotor.
For safety reasons, the rotor may no longer be used when the maximum allowed number of running cycles
(marked on it) has been reached.
The device is equipped with a cycle counter which counts the running cycles (centrifugation runs). For a description,
see the "Cycle counter" chapter.
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