How To Use Pts Panels Hdl Cholesterol Controls - CardioChek PLUS User Manual

If test results are outside the specified range:
1. Check the expiration dates of the test strips and controls. If expired, retest with
unexpired test strips and controls.
2. If not expired, check that the MEMo Chip matches the test strip lot.
3. Clean the analyzer test reflectance test strip slot (Section IX) and retest.
If the results remain outside the specified range, contact Customer Service at
+1-877-870-5610 (toll-free inside the U.S. and Canada) or +1-317-870-5610.

How to Use PTS Panels HDL Cholesterol Controls

1. With the MEMo Chip out, press any button to turn CardioChek Plus device on.
2. When INSERT MEMO CHIP appears on the screen, press NEXT until display reads
UTILITY.
3. Press the ENTER button once, then the NEXT button once to see RUN CONTROL, then
press ENTER.
4. INSERT MEMO CHIP appears on the screen. Insert the MEMo Chip for the matching lot
of Smart Bundle Lipid Panel test strips to be checked and press ENTER.
5. Run Control appears on the screen. Press ENTER. Perform a 3-point check to verify the
lot number on the MEMo Chip, the vial of test strips, and the screen display match.
6.
Hold down the NEXT button until a STRIKE OUT symbol appears over the eGLU test strip
display.
7. Insert the Lipid Panel test strip only into the analyzer. Immediately replace the Lipid
Panel vial cap, making sure the test strip vial is capped tightly. The CardioChek Plus
analyzer will display APPLY SAMPLE with a blood drop icon over the Lipid Panel test
strip. This indicates the system is ready for a sample (control) to be applied to the
Lipid Panel test strip.
8. Mix the control materials and carefully squeeze the vial to deliver one large hanging
drop of control solution to the test strip and allow it to fall onto the center of the blood
application window.
9. Replace the HDL Cholesterol Controls vial cap.
10. Results for the HDL Cholesterol analyte on the Lipid Panel test strip will be displayed in
about two (2) minutes.
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