Shellab BACTRON600 - Manual (Page 39)

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OPERATION (CONTINUED)
T ROUBLESHOOTING T HE P RESENCE OF O XYGEN
1. Verify that proper sleeve donning, entry, and exiting procedures have been used
2. Check if closed containers are being introduced through the pass box. Closed containers
can hold significant volumes of oxygen.
3. Seek to reduce amount of daily pass box usage.
4. Make sure that the arm port doors and sleeve assemblies are correctly installed.
5. Verify that the manometer is filled to the fill line with water.
6. Verify that gas input lines are attached to the BACTRON ’ s GAS IN 1 and GAS IN 2 ports.
7. Make sure the foot pedal assembly center GAS / VAC line is securely connected to the
brass barb adaptors on both arm ports.
8. Check that the foot pedal assembly GAS and VAC lines are connected to the GAS OUT
and VAC OUT ports on the BACTRON.
9. Turn the AMG cylinder regulator to 20 psi.
10. Uninstall the catalyst cartridge. If the cartridge is not warm, it may not be active, or it has
not been exposed to AMG and oxygen. Replace it with the second catalyst cartridge
included with the BACTRON. Reactivate the first cartridge. Please see the
Reactivating
the Catalyst procedure on page 45.
Note: Use caution when uninstalling the catalyst cartridge. The catalyst may have grown hot during
the anaerobic atmosphere establishment procedure.
11. Make sure that the anaerobic indicator strip packets have not been opened prior to being
placed in the oxygen-free atmosphere of the chamber