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# Clean your setup
Flush the flow path with a disinfection vial. It takes about 1 minute.
## When to clean
Clean your BactoBox® in these cases:
* **After every measurement**, unless you go on to a less dilute vial of the same sample.
* After a deep clean.
* After 30 minutes or more without use. Your BactoBox® prompts you.
## Step by step
{% stepper %}
{% step %}
#### Move the tubing kit to a disinfection vial
Place a [disinfection vial](/item-register/consumables/disinfection-vial.md) in the vial rack and move the tubing kit to it.
{% hint style="warning" %}
The disinfection vial contains 70 % denatured alcohol. It is flammable and an eye irritant. Keep it away from heat, sparks, open flames and hot surfaces, and avoid contact with eyes. See the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for more information.
{% endhint %}
{% hint style="success" %}
You can reuse a disinfection vial up to 10 times.
{% endhint %}
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
#### Press Clean
Press Clean. A countdown shows the time left. After about 1 minute, you return to the *Home* screen.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}
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