Beckman Coulter UniCel DxC 600 Instructions For Use Manual page 483

Chemistry List
The comprehensive list of all Beckman Coulter chemistries available to the user.
Chemistry Menu
The collection of chemistries configured by the user from the chemistry list for display/
selection in sample programming and panel configuration.
Chromophore
A colored substance that is measured in spectrophotometry.
Code Length
A parameter defined by the user so that only one bar code length is accepted.
Collar Wash
A component of the sample probe assembly that washes the external and internal surfaces of
the probe.
Configured Chemistry
A chemistry, selected from the chemistry list, programmed to be included as part of the
chemistry menu.
Constituent Code
A quality assurance (QC) program code that can be defined for a control chemistry.
Control ID
The equivalent of a Sample ID for a control. A maximum of eight unique Control IDs can be
defined for each Control Name.
Critical Range
A user-defined range consisting of low and high values that are used to flag patient results as
"critical low" or "critical high".
CTS
Closed Tube Sampling.
CTS Auto-Gloss
A lubricant used with 1-Blade Thick CTS.
Cup Insert (Metal 0.5 mL)
This metal cup insert is placed into a 16 × 100 mm rack. An autoanalyzer cup is then inserted
into the cup insert and run in the "reserved rack" mode.
Cuvette
One of the receptacles on the reaction carousel in which sample and reactants are mixed and in
which the reaction is measured.
Cuvette Pathlength
The distance light travels through fluid in a cuvette. Pathlength is used as a measurement in
absorbance (Abs) calculations.
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