Luminex MAGPIX Hardware and Installation Manual - Manual (Page 96)

If you need to put MAGPIX in long-term storage - anything longer than a month - or prepare it
for use after removing it from long-term storage, use the following procedures.
Storing MAGPIX
This procedure explains the steps you should take before placing MAGPIX into long-term
storage.
To prepare MAGPIX for storage:
1.
Use the software to perform a preparation for storage routine.
2. Remove the sample probe from the instrument and flush it with distilled water from the
narrow end out through the larger end.
3. Replace the sample probe in the probe holder and wrap the end of the probe with
Parafilm ® .
4. Remove the Drive Fluid container and empty the waste fluid container.
5. Eject the plate carrier and remove the microtiter plate and the off-plate reagent block from
the plate carrier.
Preparing MAGPIX for Use After Storage
Follow this procedure before you begin using MAGPIX after its removal from long-term
storage.
To prepare MAGPIX for use after storage:
1. Make sure that the drive fluid container has a sufficient amount of Drive Fluid and that the
waste fluid container is empty.
2. Remove the Parafilm from the end of the sample probe.
Appendix A: Storage
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