Calibrating The Barometric Sensor; Performing Twice Weekly Maintenance; Analyzing High G/L - Siemens Rapidlab 1200 Operator's Manual

Rapidlab 1200 Operator's Guide: Maintenance

Calibrating the Barometric Sensor

Use this procedure to calibrate the internal atmospheric pressure sensor to a
barometer in your laboratory. Check the barometer calibration every day.
1. At the user interface, select
2. Measure the atmospheric pressure using a high-quality barometer that has
been calibrated to, or directly measures, actual atmospheric pressure.
3. Select
4. Enter the correct atmospheric pressure and select

Performing Twice Weekly Maintenance

The twice weekly maintenance schedule is based on analyzing 30 samples per
day, unless otherwise noted. If your laboratory analyzes more than 30 samples per
day, perform this maintenance more frequently.

Analyzing High G/L

Use this procedure to verify the performance of the Glucose and Lactate
biosensors on Rapidlab 1260 or 1265 systems. You analyze High G/L samples
using the Patient mode and no correlation coefficients, but the system recalls the
results as QC results.
The system measures Glucose and Lactate parameters for High G/L samples.
Because the system only displays parameters that you turned on in Setup, if you
turn off Glucose and Lactate in Setup, the system does not display the High G/L
option.
You need the following materials for this task:
• High G/L ampule
• Quick adapter
1. Perform a successful 2-point calibration.
Refer to Performing Manual Calibrations‚ page 3-4.
2. Prepare the High G/L ampule.
3. Insert a Quick adapter into the sample port and onto the ampule.
4. Select the High G/L ampule type, and then select
5. When prompted, remove the sample device from the sample port and select
Continue
6. If prompted, enter demographic information and select
7. Review the results.
Status > Calibrate
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