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1. A method for monitoring the functionality of a wash station for a pipetting needle in an automated analysis device, wherein the wash station has an inner wash fountain cylinder filled with a wash liquid, with an opening for receiving a pipetting needle tip, and an outer overflow cylinder, which surrounds the wash fountain cylinder and exceeds the height of the latter, and wherein the pipetting needle has a fill-level sensor, the method comprising the following steps:
lowering the pipetting needle such that the pipetting needle tip is introduced into the wash fountain cylinder; measuring the fill level of the wash liquid in the wash station by means of the fill-level sensor; and comparing the measured fill level with a first threshold, which corresponds to the height of the wash fountain cylinder. |
