Maintenance schedule

What you do to keep your BactoBox® working well, and how often.

Do these to keep your BactoBox® measuring accurately.

What to do	When to do it
Clean	After every measurement
Test your dilution liquid	Every day if you use bulk dilution liquid
Deep clean	Every week you use your BactoBox®
QC test	Every week you use your BactoBox®, after every deep clean, and when you insert a new flow cell
Annual preventive maintenance	Once a year

At the end of the day

Run a Clean, power off your BactoBox®, and leave the tubing kit in the disinfection vial. For longer breaks, see Shipping and storage.

After more than a week without use

In weeks you do not use your BactoBox®, skip the deep clean and QC test. When it has been idle for more than a week, run these three before your first measurement.

1. Deep clean.

2. Clean with a disinfection vial.

3. QC test.

Working with a dilution dispenser

If you use a dilution dispenser, replace the 0.22 µm syringe filter mounted on it at the start of each day. Replace it sooner if it squeaks or you need to press harder to dispense. Then test your dilution liquid.

See Replace the syringe filter for the full procedure.