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ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit
USER GUIDE
For purification of plasmid DNA (endotoxin-reduced) from
bacterial cells
Catalog Number CS10100
Publication Number MAN0025683
Revision A.0
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Revision Date Description
A.0 15 October 2021 • Updated publication format: MAN0025683 Rev. A.0 supersedes
previous publication - Cat. No. CS10100, Version B, 2003.
• Added new procedure for the kit - Chapter 4, “Automated method”.
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Contents
■CHAPTER 1 Product information .................................................. 5
Product description ............................................................. 5
Advantages of the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit .......................... 5
Overview of the ChargeSwitch™ technology .................................... 5
Kit specifications ........................................................... 6
Contents and storage ............................................................ 6
Required materials not supplied ................................................... 7
■CHAPTER 2 Before you begin ..................................................... 8
Procedural guidelines ............................................................ 8
Guidelines for elution buer .................................................. 8
Guidelines for magnetic bead handling ........................................ 8
Guidelines for bacterial cultures .............................................. 9
Before you begin ................................................................ 9
■CHAPTER 3 Manual method ..................................................... 10
Lyse bacteria .................................................................. 10
Bind DNA ..................................................................... 10
Wash DNA .................................................................... 11
Elute DNA ..................................................................... 11
■CHAPTER 4 Automated method ................................................. 13
Lyse bacteria .................................................................. 13
Prepare the processing plates ................................................... 14
Process samples on the instrument .............................................. 14
■APPENDIX A Determine plasmid DNA yield and quality ....................... 15
Calculate plasmid DNA yield with UV absorbance .................................. 15
Quant-iT™ kits ................................................................. 15
Plasmid DNA quality ............................................................ 15
ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit User Guide 3
■APPENDIX B Accessory products ............................................... 16
Accessory products ............................................................ 16
E‑Gel™ Agarose Gels and DNA ladders ........................................... 16
MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack .......................................... 17
■APPENDIX C Troubleshooting .................................................... 18
■APPENDIX D Safety ............................................................... 20
Chemical safety ................................................................ 21
Biological hazard safety ......................................................... 22
■APPENDIX E Documentation and support ...................................... 23
Customer and technical support ................................................. 23
Limited product warranty ........................................................ 23
Contents
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Product information
IMPORTANT! Before using this product, read and understand the information in the “Safety” appendix
in this document.
Product description
The ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit allows rapid and ecient purification of highly pure
plasmid DNA from E. coli cells. This protocol guides users through cell lysate preparation using the
modified alkaline lysis procedure, followed by manual or automated plasmid DNA purification using
ChargeSwitch™ technology. Automated plasma DNA purification is performed using the KingFisher™
Flex instrument.
The kit includes Endotoxin Reduction Reagent (ETRR) that lowers the endotoxin levels (<50 EU / μg
DNA) in the purified plasmid DNA.
Advantages of the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit
•High yield—Isolates up to 20 μg of plasmid DNA from E. coli using a magnetic bead‑based
technology without the use of chaotropic salts, organic solvents, or ethanol.
•Fast protocol—Isolates plasmid DNA from six samples in ~ 20 minutes using multi-channel
pipettors and MagnaRack™ (manual procedure) or up to 96 samples in 22 minutes using the
KingFisher™ Flex Magnetic Bead Processor (KingFisher™ procedure).
•High quality and reliable performance—Provides purified plasmid DNA in a variety of
applications including mammalian cell transfection, automated and manual sequencing,
amplification reactions, bacterial cell transformation, cloning, and labeling.
Overview of the ChargeSwitch™ technology
The ChargeSwitch™ technology is a novel magnetic bead‑based technology that provides a switchable
surface which is charge-dependent on the pH of the surrounding buer to help with nucleic acid
purification.
In low pH conditions, the ChargeSwitch™ Magnetic Beads have a positive magnetic charge that binds
the negatively charged nucleic acid backbone. Proteins and other contaminants are not bound and are
washed away in aqueous buers. To elute the nucleic acids, the charge on the surface is neutralized by
raising the pH to 8.5 using a low salt elution buer. Purified DNA elutes instantly and is ready for use in
downstream applications.
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Kit specifications
Table 1 Specifications of the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit
Specifications ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit
Starting material 1–5 mL fresh, overnight LB culture
Bead binding capacity 1 mg beads bind ~25 μg plasmid DNA
Bead size 1 μm
Bead concentration 25 mg/ml
Bead storage buer 10 mM MES, pH 5.0
10 mM NaCl, 0.1% Tween™ 20
Elution volume 50–100 μL
DNA Yield Up to 20 μg
Contents and storage
All components of the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit are shipped at room temperature. Upon
receipt, store as indicated in Table 2.
Reagents provided in the kit are sucient for 50 preps using 1 mL bacterial culture input.
IMPORTANT! Do not freeze the magnetic beads as freezing damages the beads. Beads that have
been frozen cannot be used for nucleic acid purifications.
Table 2 ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit (Cat. No. CS10100)
Content Amount[1] Storage[2] Stability
ChargeSwitch™ Precipitation Buer (N5) 15 mL 4°C 12 months
RNase A (5 mg/ml in 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5,
10 mM EDTA)
0.4 mL
Resuspension Buer (R4) (R4; 10 mM Tris-
HCl, pH 8.5, 10 mM EDTA)
15 mL
ChargeSwitch™ Magnetic Beads (25 mg/ml in
10 mM MES, pH 5.0, 10 mM NaCl, 0.1%
Tween™ 20)
2 x 1 mL 18 to 25°C
ChargeSwitch™ Lysis Buer (L9) 15 mL
ChargeSwitch™ Wash Buer (W11) 50 mL
ChargeSwitch™ Wash Buer (W12) 50 mL
Chapter 1 Product information
Contents and storage
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Table 2 ChargeSwitch Plasmid ER Mini Kit (Cat. No. CS10100) (continued)
Content Amount[1] Storage[2] Stability
ChargeSwitch™ Elution Buer (E5) 10 mL 18 to 25°C 12 months
Endotoxin Reduction Reagent (D1 / ETRR) 4.5 mL
[1] Some components may have higher volumes than listed in the table.
[2] See product label for expiration date.
Required materials not supplied
Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are available through thermofisher.com. "MLS" indicates that
the material is available from fisherscientific.com or another major laboratory supplier.
Catalog numbers that appear as links open the web pages for those products.
Item Source
Automated nucleic acid extraction system and materials
KingFisher™ Flex Magnetic Particle Processor with 96 deep‑well
magnet 5400630
V or round bottom 96 DeepWell™ plate for pellet preparation MLS
KingFisher™ Flex Microtiter Deep-Well 96 plate ("KF DeepWell™") 95040450 or 95040460
96 Standard-Well Plates for KingFisher™ Flex Magnetic Particle
Processor ("KF Standard") 97002540
96 Deep-Well Tip Combs for KingFisher™ Flex Magnetic Particle
Processor 97002534
Manual nucleic acid extraction system and materials
MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack CS15000
Sterile 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes MLS
Equipment
Adjustable micropipettors MLS
Adjustable‑speed rotating platform shaker (optional) MLS
Chapter 1 Product information
Required materials not supplied 1
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Before you begin
Procedural guidelines
Follow the recommendations below to obtain the best results.
• Perform all steps at room temperature (18–25°C) unless otherwise noted.
• Maintain a sterile environment when handling DNA to avoid any contamination from DNases.
• Ensure that no DNase is introduced into the solutions supplied with the kit.
• Ensure all equipment coming in contact with DNA is sterile, including pipette tips and tubes.
• Perform the centrifugations during cell lysis at 4°C to improve the eciency of the precipitation
reaction.
• Perform the recommended wash steps during the purification to obtain the best results.
Guidelines for elution buer
IMPORTANT! Do not use water for elution.
The plasmid DNA is eluted with Elution Buer (E5; 10 mM Tris‑HCl, pH 8.5). To obtain the best results,
always use Elution buer (E5) to elute the DNA. If another buer is used to elute the plasmid DNA, it
must have a pH of 8.5–9.0. Buers with a pH <8.5 will not elute plasmid DNA.
The plasmid DNA is eluted with 50–100 μL of elution buer. The volume of elution buer can be
changed to obtain plasmid DNA in the desired final concentration. To obtain best results, always use
elution buer that is equal or greater than the volume of beads used in the protocol. If the volume
of elution buer is lower than the volume of beads, DNA elution is incomplete, and you may need to
perform a second elution to recover all DNA.
Guidelines for magnetic bead handling
Follow the guidelines for the best results.
IMPORTANT! Do not freeze the magnetic beads as freezing damages the beads. Beads that have
been frozen cannot be used for nucleic acid purifications.
• Pipette up and down gently to mix beads and avoid forming bubbles.
• Do not allow beads to dry; this reduces bead binding ecacy.
• To aspirate the supernatant after bead washing, place the pipette tip away from the pellet to
carefully remove the supernatant without disturbing or removing any beads.
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Guidelines for bacterial cultures
Follow the guidelines for growing bacterial cultures to obtain the best results.
•To obtain the best results, use fresh, overnight cultures. The kit can also be used to purify plasmid
DNA from frozen cell pellets.
•Grow transformed E. coli in LB medium with the appropriate antibiotic. If desired, a richer medium
can be used to grow E. coli.
•Use 1–5 mL of overnight bacterial cultures with an absorbance at 600 nm (A600) of 9 OD.
Before you begin
• Prepare the Resuspension Buer (R4): Add all of the supplied RNase A to the Resuspension Buer
(R4), then mix. Mark the bottle label to indicate addition of RNase A. Store prepared Resuspension
Buer (R4) at 4°C.
• Chill an aliquot of Precipitation Buer (N5) to 4°C.
• Check the Lysis Buer (L9) for precipitates. If precipitates are present, warm the solution briefly at
37°C to dissolve the precipitate.
Chapter 2 Before you begin
Before you begin 2
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Manual method
Lyse bacteria
1. Centrifuge 1–5 mL of overnight bacterial culture at room temperature, then discard supernatant.
2. Add 150 μL of prepared Resuspension Buer (R4) containing RNase A to the cell pellet. Pipet up
and down to resuspend.
3. Add 150 μL of Lysis Buer (L9). Mix by inverting 6 times.
4. Incubate for 2–5 minutes at room temperature.
IMPORTANT! Do not incubate for longer than 5 minutes.
5. Add 150 μL of chilled Precipitation Buer (N5). Mix by inversion until a white, free‑flowing,
precipitate is formed.
6. Centrifuge tube in a microcentrifuge at maximum speed for 10 minutes at 4°C.
7. Transfer clear supernatant to a new sterile microcentrifuge tube.
Bind DNA
1. Vortex ChargeSwitch™ Magnetic Beads to fully resuspend and evenly distribute the beads in the
storage buer.
2. (Optional) Add 90 μL of Endotoxin Reduction Reagent (D1) to the samples if low endotoxin level is
desirable.
3. Add 40 μL of ChargeSwitch™ Magnetic Beads to the lysate.
4. Mix by pipetting gently up and down without forming bubbles.
5. Incubate at room temperature for 1 minute to allow the DNA to bind to the beads.
6. Place the sample on the MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack for 1 minute or until the beads
have formed a tight pellet.
7. Without removing the tube from the magnetic rack, remove and discard supernatant. Avoid
disturbing the beads by angling the pipette tip away from the pellet.
8. Proceed immediately to wash DNA (next section).
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Wash DNA
1. Remove the tube containing the pelleted magnetic beads from the MagnaRack™ Magnetic
Separation Rack.
2. Add 1 mL of Wash Buer (W11) to the tube. Pipet up and down gently to mix the sample without
forming bubbles.
3. Place the sample on the MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack for 1 minute or until the beads
have formed a tight pellet.
4. Without removing the tube from the magnetic rack, remove and discard supernatant. Avoid
disturbing the beads by angling the pipette tip away from the pellet.
5. Add 1 mL of Wash Buer (W12) to the tube. Pipet up and down gently to mix the sample without
forming bubbles.
6. Place the sample on the MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack for 1 minute or until the beads
have formed a tight pellet.
7. Without removing the tube from the magnetic rack, remove and discard supernatant. Avoid
disturbing the beads by angling the pipette tip away from the pellet.
8. Proceed immediately to elute DNA (next section).
Elute DNA
1. Remove the tube containing the pelleted magnetic beads from the MagnaRack™ Magnetic
Separation Rack.
2. Add 50–100 μL of Elution Buer (E5; 10 mM Tris‑HCl, pH 8.5) to the tube. Pipet up and down
gently to mix the sample without forming bubbles.
3. Incubate at room temperature for 1 minute.
(Optional) For maximum yield, halfway through incubation, mix the suspension of beads by
pipetting up and down gently.
4. Place the sample on the MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack for 1 minute or until the beads
have formed a tight pellet.
5. Without removing the tube from the magnetic rack, carefully transfer the supernatant containing
the purified plasmid DNA into a new, nuclease-free tube. Avoid aspirating the beads by angling
the pipette tip away from the pellet.
Note: If the supernatant containing the DNA is discolored, repeat step 4 and step 5.
6. Discard the used magnetic beads.
Note: Do not re‑use the magnetic beads.
Chapter 3 Manual method
Wash DNA 3
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The purified plasmid DNA is ready for immediate use.
Note: Alternatively, the plate can be sealed and stored at -20°C.
Chapter 3 Manual method
Elute DNA
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Automated method
Before you begin, download the KingFisher™ Flex CS10100_CS_Plasmid_ER_Mini_Kit.bdz script from
the CS10100 product page at www.thermofisher.com and load onto the KingFisher™ Flex instrument.
Lyse bacteria
Follow this lysis procedure for plasmid DNA purification with the KingFisher™ Flex Magnetic Particle
Processor with 96 deep‑well magnet.
1. Centrifuge 1–5 mL of overnight bacterial culture per well at room temperature, then discard
supernatant.
2. Add 150 μL of prepared Resuspension Buer (R4) containing RNase A to each cell pellet. Pipet up
and down to resuspend.
3. Add 150 μL of Lysis Buer (L9) per well. Mix by inverting 6 times.
4. Incubate for 2–5 minutes at room temperature.
IMPORTANT! Do not incubate for longer than 5 minutes.
5. Add 150 μL of chilled Precipitation Buer (N5) per well. Mix by inversion until a white, free‑flowing,
precipitate is formed in each well.
6. Centrifuge at maximum speed for 10 minutes at 4°C or until lysates have cleared.
7. Proceed immediately to prepare the processing plates (next section).
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Prepare the processing plates
Prepare the plates according to Table 3.
Table 3 Processing plate configurations
Plate ID Plate Type Reagent Volume per well
Plasmid Plate KF DeepWell™ChargeSwitch™ Magnetic
Beads
30 μL
Endotoxin Reduction
Reagent (D1/ETRR)
45 μL
Wash Plate 1 KF DeepWell™Wash Buer (W11) 900 μL
Wash Plate 2 KF DeepWell™Wash Buer (W12) 900 μL
Elution Plate KF Standard Elution Buer (E5) 100 μL[1]
Tip comb KF Standard Place a tip comb in the plate.
[1] When purifying a low copy number plasmid, elution volume can be reduced (50 μL minimum).
Process samples on the instrument
1. Transfer 450 μL of supernatant prepared in step 6 of "Lyse bacteria" to the KF DeepWell™ plate
labeled "Plasmid Plate".
2. Select the CS10100_CS_Plasmid_ER_Mini_Kit.bdz script on the KingFisher™ Flex instrument and
start the run.
3. Follow the prompts on the instrument screen to load the plates and start the extraction.
4. At the end of the run, immediately remove the plate labeled "Elution Plate". Discard the other
plates.
The purified plasmid DNA is ready for immediate use. Alternatively, the plate can be sealed and
stored at -20°C.
Note: If insucient plasmid DNA is obtained, the lysate and ETRR volumes in the Plasmid Plate
can be adjusted as follows: Lysate 800 μL, ETRR 80 μL.
Chapter 4 Automated method
Prepare the processing plates
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Determine plasmid DNA yield and
quality
Calculate plasmid DNA yield with UV absorbance
Perform DNA quantitation using UV absorbance at 260 nm.
Note: Use a cuvette with an optical path length of 1 cm blanked against 10 mM Tris‑HCl, pH 7.5.
1. Prepare a dilution of the DNA in 10 mM Tris‑HCl, pH 7.5. Mix well.
2. Measure the absorbance of the dilution at A260 in a spectrophotometer.
3. Calculate the concentration of DNA using the following formula:
DNA (μg/mL) = A260 ✕ 50 ✕ dilution factor
For DNA, A260 = 1 for a 50 μg/mL solution measured in a cuvette with an optical path length of
1 cm.
Quant-iT™ kits
The Quant-iT™ kits provide a rapid, sensitive, and specific fluorescent method for dsDNA quantitation.
The kit contains a state‑of‑the‑art quantification reagent, DNA standards for a standard curve, and
pre‑made buer to allow fluorescent DNA quantification using standard fluorescent microplate readers.
Plasmid DNA quality
Typically, plasmid DNA isolated using the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit has an A260/ A280 ratio
1.7 or higher when samples are diluted in Tris‑HCl pH 7.5, indicating that the DNA is reasonably clean
of proteins that could interfere with downstream applications. Absence of contaminating RNA can be
confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis.
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Accessory products
Accessory products
Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are available through thermofisher.com. "MLS" indicates that
the material is available from fisherscientific.com or another major laboratory supplier.
Product Amount Source
MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack 1 rack CS15000
Quant-iT™ DNA Assay Kit, High Sensitivity 1000 assays Q33120
Quant-iT™ DNA Assay Kit, Broad-Range 1000 assays Q33130
Quant-iT™ PicoGreen™ dsDNA Reagent 1 kit, 1 mL P7589
Luria Broth Base (Miller's LB Broth Base), powder 2.5 kg 12795084
ChargeSwitch™ NoSpin Plasmid Micro Kit 96 reactions CS10201
ChargeSwitch™ gDNA Micro Tissue Kit 50 reactions CS11203
ChargeSwitch™ gDNA Mini Tissue Kit 25 reactions CS11204
ChargeSwitch™ gDNA Blood Kit, 50–100 µL 50 reactions CS11040
E‑Gel™ Agarose Gels and DNA ladders
E‑Gel™ Agarose Gels are buerless pre-cast agarose gels designed for fast, convenient electrophoresis
of DNA samples. The gels are available in dierent agarose percentage and well formats for your
convenience.
A large variety of DNA ladders are available from Thermo Fisher™ for sizing DNA.
For more details on these products, visit our website at www.thermofisher.com.
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MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack
Use the MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack with the ChargeSwitch™ Plasmid ER Mini Kit to obtain
the best results. Other magnetic separators may not provide similar magnetic strength or may not be
compatible with the volumes used in the protocol.
The MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack, available from Thermo Fisher™ (Cat. No. CS15000), is a
two-piece magnetic separation rack for protocols with magnetic beads. It consists of a magnetic base
station and a removable tube rack. The tube rack fits onto the magnetic base station in two dierent
positions associating the row of 12 neodymium magnets with a single row of 12 tubes for simple and
easy ‘on the magnet’ and ‘o the magnet’ sample processing.
For more information, see www.thermofisher.com.
Appendix B Accessory products
MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack B
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Troubleshooting
Observation Possible cause Recommended action
Low plasmid DNA yield Poor quality of starting material
or incomplete lysis
Check the growth conditions of the cell culture
to ensure plasmid propagation. Use a high
copy number plasmid if possible.
If the cell lysate is too viscous, reduce the
amount of cells used per sample.
Ensure complete resuspension of the bacterial
cell pellet. Decrease the amount of starting
material used.
Use Precipitation Buer (N5) chilled to 4°C and
perform centrifugation at 4°C to improve the
precipitation eciency and plasmid DNA yield.
Increase the incubation time during lysis but
do not exceed 5 minutes.
Non-optimal elution conditions After adding Elution Buer (E5) to the sample,
pipet up and down to resuspend the magnetic
beads before incubation.
Increase the mixing steps during elution to 20–
30 times.
If you are using a dierent buer for elution,
ensure the pH of the buer is 8.5–9.0.
Heat elution to 56°C for 8 minutes
before pipetting purified plasmid DNA
(manual procedure) or use KingFisher™
CS10100_Plasmid_heatedelution.bdz script
(available from Technical Support).
Magnetic beads not functional Do not freeze magnetic beads. Store the
magnetic beads at room temperature. Do not
re‑use the magnetic beads.
Incorrect magnetic bead
amount used for binding
Use the recommended amount of magnetic
beads for binding.
If plasmid DNA yields are lower, you may
increase the bead amount used.
Aspiration of beads during
pipette transfers
Ensure no beads are aspirated during removal
of buers (manual procedure).
Leftover beads in KingFisher™
plates
Ensure KingFisher™ instrument magnet is
properly aligned (automated procedure).
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Observation Possible cause Recommended action
Eluate containing plasmid DNA
is discolored
Incomplete bead removal Place the sample in the MagnaRack™
Magnetic Separation Rack until the beads
form a tight pellet. Remove the eluate to a
sterile microcentrifuge tube, taking care not
to disturb the bead pellet (manual procedure).
Resource Technical Support for help with
optimizing KingFisher™ script parameters
(automated procedure).
Genomic DNA contamination Genomic DNA sheared during
handling
Gently invert tubes to mix after adding buers.
Do not vortex as it can shear genomic DNA.
To eciently precipitate the genomic DNA
away from the plasmid DNA, the genomic
DNA must be intact.
Plasmid DNA degradation Incorrect lysis procedure Incubate the lysate at room temperature for no
longer than 5 minutes.
Bubbles formed during mixing
steps
Make sure that the pipette tip is submerged in
the solution during mixing.
Appendix C Troubleshooting
MagnaRack™ Magnetic Separation Rack C
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Safety
WARNING! GENERAL SAFETY. Using this product in a manner not specified in the user
documentation may result in personal injury or damage to the instrument or device. Ensure that
anyone using this product has received instructions in general safety practices for laboratories and
the safety information provided in this document.
·Before using an instrument or device, read and understand the safety information provided in the
user documentation provided by the manufacturer of the instrument or device.
·Before handling chemicals, read and understand all applicable Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and use
appropriate personal protective equipment (gloves, gowns, eye protection, and so on). To obtain
SDSs, see the “Documentation and Support” section in this document.
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