Daily Care and maintenance for Maglumi CLIA Analyzers

In order to ensure reliable and constant reproducibility, the regular maintenance must be carried out on the MAGLUMI® Analyzer. Regular maintenance is the fact that it is the easiest and most cost-effective to keep your CLIA MAG Analyzer running efficiently and avoid costly repairs due to neglect.

The MAGLUMI® Maintenance instructions are divided into four parts:

1. Daily maintenance

2. Weekly maintenance

3. Monthly Maintenance

“Monthly” maintenance already includes “Weekly” and “Daily” maintenances, which are thereby automatically carried out when accomplishing the monthly maintenance. The same rule applies for “Weekly” to “Daily” maintenance.

All instructions should be read through before the analyzer is started.

NOTE

The complexity of the MAGLUMI® Diagnostic System guarantees reliable results but assumes a high knowledge and technical understanding to perform certain service and maintenance actions which are reserved to well-trained persons authorized by SNIBE Co., Ltd. For maintaining safety of the MAGLUMI® Diagnostic System, the user is only allowed to accomplish maintenance and service actions as described in this post.

It is necessary to distinguish between daily, weekly and monthly maintenance, which is completed with functional testing of the analyzer and then logged in the MAGLUMI® maintenance schedule.

CAUTIONS

Proper protection must be worn at all times while performing maintenance due to chemical/biological hazards

The used reaction modules and the waste liquids may contain potentially infectious material; therefore, these liquids and the installed MAGLUMI® Waste Bags are to be disposed according to the domestic requirements.

Contaminations of the MAGLUMI® Diagnostic System can jeopardize diagnostic results. This Operating Instruction contains detailed cleaning instructions and a definition of the cleaning regiment, which is to be followed conscientiously.

For maintaining safety, the MAGLUMI®  Diagnostic System may only be run with consumables (cuvettes, wash buffer, system liquid, containers and waste bags) approved by SNIBE Co., Ltd.

Daily Maintenance instructions

The daily maintenance is to be performed as titled, daily. It is recommended to perform the daily maintenance either before or after daily usage. (recommended at the end of the working day).

Required equipment:

 200 ml commercial hypochlorite or bleach MAGLUMI® Wash/System Liquid concentrate

Required time: It should take a maximum estimated time of 45 minutes for the completion of the daily maintenance.

Preparation:

Wash/System Liquid must be prepared a minimum of 6 hours before usage.

Failure to prepare Wash/System Liquid a minimum of 6 hours prior to usage can result in degassing of the system and therefore jeopardize test results.

Procedure:

1. Clean the instrument covers if necessary using a lint-free cloth and normal water.

2. Visually check the condition of the pipettor needles (if any black coating is missing on the needle tip, contact your local service centre immediately).

3. Check the position of the needles proper alignment of the pipettor needles (probes). 

4. Empty the waste tank and preferably add 200 ml of commercial hypochlorite or bleach.

5. Replace the reaction module waste bag if necessary.

6. Check system liquids.

7. Check Starter levels and replace them if not sufficient for a daily work routine.

8. Check Wash/System Liquid level and if necessary add a solution prepared at least 6 hours before use.

9. Start system test.

POST VER 1.2

Source 

Snibe, editor. “18 Care and Maintenance.” Operating Instructions MAGLUMI 1000/2000/2000PLUS/4000 , 2.5 ver., pp. 18–1-18–8.