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# Shipping and storage

Shut your BactoBox® down safely, pack it for shipping, and bring it back into use.

## Store for up to a week

1. Run a [Clean](/more/how-to-guides/clean-your-setup.md).
2. Power off your BactoBox® with the rocker switch.

Leave the tubing kit in the disinfection vial and the flow cell in place.

## Store for more than a week

1. Run a [Clean](/more/how-to-guides/clean-your-setup.md).
2. Power off your BactoBox® with the rocker switch.
3. Disconnect the [tubing kit](/item-register/bactobox-r/bactobox-r/in-the-box/tubing-kit.md) and put it in an [empty vial](/item-register/individual-items/empty-vial.md).
4. Put the [inlet-outlet cover](/item-register/bactobox-r/bactobox-r/in-the-box/inlet-outlet-cover.md) (the grey protective cap) over the inlet and outlet of your BactoBox®.
5. Store your BactoBox® in its original box, with its [accessories](/item-register/accessories/dilution-dispenser.md) if possible.

You can leave the flow cell in place.

## Ship your BactoBox®

[Contact us](https://sbtinstruments.com/contact) before you send it to SBT.

1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of Store for more than a week.
2. Put your BactoBox® in its original box, then in a padded outer box. The original box alone does not protect it enough in transit.

You can leave the flow cell in place.

## Bring it back into use

After storage for more than a week, or after shipping:

1. Remove the inlet-outlet cover and [install the tubing kit](/getting-started/installation/install-tubing-kit.md).
2. [Power on](/getting-started/installation/power-on.md) your BactoBox®.
3. Run a [Deep clean](/more/how-to-guides/deep-clean-your-setup.md).
4. Run a [Clean](/more/how-to-guides/clean-your-setup.md) with a disinfection vial.
5. Run a [QC test](/maintenance/qc-test.md).


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