Equipment Responsibility

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Instrument	"Owner"	Backup	Other trained users	Training Requirements	Manual (link or location)	Maintenance Needs	PM frequency	Consumables (w/ link to parts list/order)	Tips/Notes/Tricks/Wisdom

2	TORCH	Sakib	Lindsey	Rachel, Lindsey, Matt	Cleaning/sanitation, setup, localization, experiment setup, displaying parameters, saving data	R:\Lab Documents\Lab Equipment\TORCH Filing cabinet top drawer	Cable/Head checks	Monthly or before procedure day	Mini-HDMI Cables
3	MKS Mass Flow Controllers	Sakib	McShane	Aniket, Rachel	LabVIEW control software, checking and changing gas tanks, ordering new tanks, checking line pressure, understanding gas flow pathway	Booklet on top of mass flow controller	Change out compressed air filter element when indicator turns red	Whenever the indicator on the filter element turns to red	Balston-Parker compressed air filter element 100-12-BX
4	YSI Biochem Analyzer	Rachel	Aniket, Lindsey	Aniket	Membrane installment, making buffer, emptying waste, making standards, glucose mutarotation, calibration standards, how to set up for single vs. dual analyte modes	Blue binder in drawer underneath plate reader	Enzyme membrane replacements		YSI Consumables
5	ElZone Particle Counter	Lindsey	Rachel	Rachel	Get Trained by verified user, Fix instrument	In cabinet beneath instrument	Calibration - Individual Orifice Tubes	3 months	Calibration standards	Sonicate standards for ~5 minutes before use.
6							Cleaning	Before use	Orange cleaner	Clean everything with dilute orange cleaner. Use DI water to rinse.
7							Check Orifice Tubes for cracks	3 months
8							Filter replacement	Dependant on frequency of use	Filter PN
9							Electrolyte Test		http://www.micromeritics.com/Quote/RequestQuote.aspx?instrumentId=2310
10	UV-Vis	YilHwan	Matt	Rachel, Aniket, Lindsey	Get Trained by verified user	In computer help files	Exchange fluid in temperature controller	6 months	Cuvettes (VWR, Brandtech)	Located in lab drive Lab Documents\Lab Equipment\CARY UV-VIS
11							Check lamp intensity / wavelength calibration (measure standard)	Monthly
12	Fluorimeter	Aniket	Yil-Hwan, JiHui	Lindsey	Get Trained by verified user	In cabinet beneath instrument	Raman - mono calibration	Monthly	Cuvettes (VWR, Brandtech)
13							Dye standard	Monthly
14							Lamp intensity + software (shutter/turret, etc)	Monthly
15	pH Stat	Yil-Hwan	Matt		none	On shelf next to printer	Electrode calibration	Monthly or as needed	none
16	pH meter	Yil-Hwan	Matt	Everyone	Calibration, maintenance, software, basic therories and get trained by Yil-Hwan	In cabinet in the test lab	Check connection b/w electrode, meter	Monthly	pH calibration solutions(4.01,7.00 and 10.01) reference electrode filling solution electrode storage solution	Fill reference electrode filling solution up to the filling hole as needed Check out electrode storage solution covers the entire electrode
17							Change reference solutions	Weekly
18	NeoFox	Sakib	Rachel	Rachel, Lindsey	Setup, calibration, software, logging data, care for fibers, index matching gel, understanding different probes (AL300, FOXY, RedEye)	R:\Lab Documents\Lab Equipment\Neofox	Calibration/sensor check	Monthly or before procedure day	Sensors	Probes sometimes need reconditioning to restore dye coating. Costs $116 per probe. Contact OceanOptics for info
19	Plate Reader	Matt	Lindsey		Cleaning autodispenser pistons, heating instrument, absorbance vs. fluorescence options, kinetic cycle settings, how to change filters (and read specifications on excitation and emission on inserted filters)	http://www.tecan.com/platform/apps/product/index.asp?MenuID=1816&ID=1922&Menu=1&Item=21.2.10.1.4
20	Microscope	Sakib	Aniket	Lindsey	Get Trained by verified user	http://www.nikoninstruments.com/Products/Software	Check if lenses are clean, and hours on lamp
21	Quartz Crystal Microbalance	Jihui	Lindsey		Get Trained by verified user	Under Plate Reader/Diffusion cells	Clean Crystal	Before use if required (see manual for procedure)	Gold sensor crystals
22							Clean Crystal Head	As needed
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24	Slide stainer/dipper	Aniket	Matt		Powering up, conncting to computer, running program	In cabinet beneath instrument	Check if the arm moves smoothly	6 months	Na	when running program, run from thumb drive
25							Check fan/air filter
26							Clean dipping area
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