Qiagen QIAcuity 911000 User manual

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April 2021
QIAcuity Safety
Information and
Installation Guide
911000, 911020, 911040, 911050
QIAGEN GmbH, QIAGEN Strasse 1, D
-40724 Hilden
1122040

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................5
About this guide............................................................................................... 6
Intended use of the QIAcuity.............................................................................. 7
Requirements for QIAcuity users ......................................................................... 8
Safety Information to Prevent Misuse and Personal and Material Damage ......................... 9
Proper use ..................................................................................................... 10
Electrical safety .............................................................................................. 12
Environment................................................................................................... 13
Biological safety............................................................................................. 14
Chemicals ..................................................................................................... 15
Maintenance safety ........................................................................................ 16
Radiation safety ............................................................................................. 16
Symbols on the QIAcuity ................................................................................. 17
General Description .................................................................................................. 18
QIAcuity Installation.................................................................................................. 20
Installation environment................................................................................... 20
Installation of AC power cord .......................................................................... 23
Installing the QIAcuity..................................................................................... 24
QIAcuity Software Suite Installation............................................................................. 27
Installing the QIAcuity Software Suite................................................................ 28
Establish a connection between the QIAcuity instrument and the QIAcuity Software
Suite ............................................................................................................. 35

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Maintenance Procedures ........................................................................................... 53
Cleaning agents............................................................................................. 54
Servicing ....................................................................................................... 58
Regular maintenance procedure of QIAcuity...................................................... 58
Periodic maintenance...................................................................................... 58
Decontaminating the QIAcuity.......................................................................... 61
Regular maintenance procedure for QIAcuity Instrument Software ........................ 61
Regular maintenance procedure for QIAcuity Software Suite ............................... 63
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................ 65
General information........................................................................................ 65
Contacting QIAGEN Technical Services............................................................ 65
Performing a self-check on the QIAcuity instrument ............................................. 66
Creating a support package with the QIAcuity instrument software....................... 67
Creating a support package with the QIAcuity Software Suite ............................. 72
Troubleshooting the instrument and software...................................................... 74
Accessing the system status and clearing errors.................................................. 80
Appendix A – Technical Data..................................................................................... 83
Operating conditions ...................................................................................... 83
Transport conditions........................................................................................ 85
Storage conditions.......................................................................................... 85
Mechanical data and hardware features........................................................... 86
Declaration of conformity ................................................................................ 89
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)............................................. 89
California Proposition 65 ................................................................................ 90

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Liability Clause............................................................................................... 90
Declaration list of China RoHS (SJT 11364-2014) .............................................. 91
Document Revision History......................................................................................... 94

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Introduction
Technical assistance
At QIAGEN®, we pride ourselves on the quality and availability of our technical support. Our
Technical Services Departments are staffed by experienced scientists with extensive practical
and theoretical expertise in molecular biology and the use of QIAGEN products. If you have
any questions or experience any difficulties regarding the QIAcuity or QIAGEN products in
general, do not hesitate to contact us.
QIAGEN customers are a major source of information regarding advanced or specialized
uses of our products. This information is helpful to other scientists as well as to the researchers
at QIAGEN. We therefore encourage you to contact us if you have any suggestions about
product performance or new applications and techniques.
For technical assistance and more information, please see our Technical Support Center at
www.qiagen.com/support/technical-support or call one of the QIAGEN Technical Service
Departments or local distributors (see back cover or visit www.qiagen.com).
Policy statement
It is the policy of QIAGEN to improve products as new techniques and components become
available. QIAGEN reserves the right to change specifications at any time.
To produce useful and appropriate documentation, we appreciate your comments about this
guide. Please contact QIAGEN Technical Services.