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• FORM-SOP-LABORATORY-EQUIP-06–02- All information concerning maintenance,
Checklist for Maintenance of Equipment defects, calibration, controls are preferably regis-
• FORM-SOP-LABORATORY-EQUIP-06–03- tered and kept in the equipment logbook. For more
Checklist for Corrective Maintenance sophisticated equipment like GC, MS, LC that need
• FORM-SOP-LABORATORY-EQUIP-06–04- a lot of maintenance and repair, a notebook can be
Quality assurance annual plan. used, it is more convenient than a logbook.
The file ‘Logbook equipment template’, see the
website, is a template for an equipment logbook.
2.4 Specific equipment
How to use the equipment logbook
The following sections outline the equipment/
instruments commonly used in a regional, The equipment logbook is either near the equip-
provincial or district veterinary diagnostic labo- ment or all equipment logbooks can be stored
ratory. General principles on the function, care, on a dedicated shelf. All data concerning the
maintenance and quality assurance of equip- equipment (maintenance, defects, calibration,
ment and instruments are provided in each irregularities) are registered in the logbook, if
section but the operating manual should always not, it should be mentioned in the logbook where
be consulted before using equipment because and how this information is stored. Fill in all data
every model has its own unique properties. immediately and the laboratory person following
up/performing maintenance/calibration, report-
ing defects should include his/her initials.
Equipment logbook Check all equipment logbooks on a yearly
basis. See ‘FORM-SOP-LABORATORY-EQUIP-
06–04-Quality assurance annual plan’.
Every piece of equipment should have a logbook
where the following information is recorded:
refrigerators, freezers and cool boxes
• title page
• equipment properties There are many types of cooling equipment.
• authorized personnel In the laboratory:

• responsible person • conventional electric refrigerators (+4°C)
• users and freezers (–20°C)
• personnel being trained • refrigerators and freezers running on solar PV
energy, gas or other fuel
• Sure Chill® refrigerators (Figure 2.10)
• specifications of preventive maintenance
• –80°C freezers (Figure 2.11)
• cold rooms.
• users authorized to perform preventive
maintenance In the field:
• responsible person
• company performing preventive mainte- • conventional cool boxes
nance • digital car refrigerators (like Dometic CFX28,
26 l), can be plugged in to a 12 V (car or
• control programme. motorbike) or a 220 V outlet.

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