Operating The System; Overview; Preparing For A Run; Select A Reagent Strip - Siemens CLINITEK Advantus Operator's Manual

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Operating the System

Leave the Clinitek Advantus analyzer on at all times, except during
maintenance and cleaning procedures.

Overview

You can test without a loadlist or specimen ID. Put a strip on the analyzer. The
analyzer automatically assigns a Sequence Number and begins testing.
You can manually assign specimen IDs to tests. You can enter specimen IDs
immediately prior to testing each specimen.
You can enter a loadlist of up to 200 specimen IDs before starting the run. You
can enter the IDs from the analyzer display, a computer keyboard, a host
computer, or Laboratory or Hospital Information System (LIS/HIS).
You can interrupt processing to run a STAT test when using a loadlist. After the
STAT test the analyzer will continue testing specimens from the loadlist.
If necessary, you can stop a run before all readings are complete.
Results transmit to the printer and computer as soon as all reagent areas on
the strip are read.

Preparing for a Run

When you place the first strip on the fixed platform the analyzer begins a run.
Before starting each run, perform the following procedures.

Select a Reagent Strip

1. Check that the primary and alternative Siemens Diagnostics Reagent
Strips for Urinalysis displayed correspond to the strip types you are using.
CAUTION
Do not use a reagent strip other than the selected primary or
alternative reagent strip. Only use Siemens Diagnostics brand
reagent strips. Use of other strips may cause erroneous results.
2. If required, select the cycle key next to the alternative strip name to use the
alternative strip.
3. If the strip names do not agree, change the selected strips before
beginning testing.
Select the strips through the Setup Routine.
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