Set Up Of Daily Washes - Siemens ADVIA 1800 Operator's Manual

Set up of daily washes

WASH 3 or Startup wash, 26 minutes
CTT position 51
RTT1 position 56
RTT2 position 56
WASH 2 or Shutdown wash, 38 minutes
CTT position 15
CTT position 16
CTT position 49
CTT position 50
RTT1 position 55
RTT1 position 56
RTT2 position 55
RTT2 position 56
Weekly wash set up
Same as WASH 2, except replace the 10% cuvette wash with 5% reagent
probe wash in both the CTT and RTT positions.
System Overview
3. After replacing the reagent(s), you must establish the correct on-system
stability.
a. Minimize the Reagent Inventory window.
b. At the Menu Panel, select
.
Settings
c. At the Reagent Container Settings window, locate the replaced
nonbarcoded reagent.
d. Enter the correct reagent Exp. date in the form YYYYMMDD.
e. Select the (Open) button to open the replaced reagent container and
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initialize the Days Remaining counter.
If you replace only 1 of the reagents of a 2-reagent method and the
NOTE:
replaced reagent has a new lot number, the system alerts you that a reagent
pair does not exist. You should change both reagents at the same time. If
the 2 reagents that you replaced have new lot numbers, you must re-
calibrate the new set of reagents before you continue to run samples.
(1) At the Menu Panel, select
(2) Execute a Barcode Scan at the Reagent Inventory window.
(3) Evaluate calibration status.
4. Perform a start-up wash.
DI water (tube)
DI water (70-mL container)
DI water (70-mL container)
ISE detergent (cup)
DI water (tube)
10% cuvette wash (tube)
DI water (tube)
10% cuvette wash (70-mL container)
DI water (70-mL container)
10% cuvette wash (70-mL container)
DI water (70-mL container)
, then select
Reagent Reagent Container
, then select
Reagent Reagent Inventory
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