Instruction Manual

iv | Automated Droplet Generator
General Precautions
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Always wear laboratory gloves, coats, and safety glasses with side shields or goggles
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Keep your hands away from your mouth, nose, and eyes
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Completely protect any cut or abrasion before working with potentially infectious materials
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Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after working with any potentially infectious material
before leaving the laboratory
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Remove wristwatches and jewelry before working at the bench
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Store all infectious or potentially infectious material in unbreakable leak-proof containers
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Before leaving the laboratory, remove protective clothing
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Do not use a gloved hand to write, answer the telephone, turn on a light switch, or touch anything that
other people may touch without gloves
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Change gloves frequently. Remove gloves immediately when they are visibly contaminated
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Do not expose materials that cannot be properly decontaminated to potentially infectious material
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Upon completion of the operation involving biohazardous material, decontaminate the work area with an
appropriate disinfectant (for example, a 1:10 dilution of household bleach)
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No biohazardous substances are exhausted during normal operations of this instrument