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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytometry A. 2011 Nov 3;79(12):1000–1008. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.21163

Table 3.

Containment and AMS Tests

Test Conditions Test purpose
1 Aspirator closed, AMS not active, no fail mode or sorting Tests seals of sort chamber and aspirator drawer with undeflected stream but no sorting
2 Aspirator open, AMS not active, tube holder in place, test sort active, no fail mode Tests sort chamber and tube holder seals during normal sorting without AMS
3 Aspirator open, AMS not active, tube holder in place, fail mode Tests sort chamber and tube holder seals during fail without AMS
4 Aspirator drawer open, no tube holder, AMS active Mimics fail mode during Automated Cell Deposition Unit (ACDU) sorting with AMS
5 Aspirator drawer open, no tube holder, AMS not active Mimics fail mode during ACDU sorting without AMS
Ambient No CBD: Aspirator closed, AMS not active, tube holder in place, test sort active, no fail mode Ambient background