Afinion AS100 Quick Manual

Afinion ACR
TM

Important!

• Read the entire Afinion™ ACR Quick Guide before testing patient samples or controls.
• See the Afinion™ AS100 Analyzer User Manual for more information about the operation of the Analyzer
and Test Cartridge.
• See the Afinion™ ACR Package Insert for more information about the ACR assay.
• Use quality control materials to confirm that the Analyzer and test kit are working properly.

Getting Started

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Take time to familiarize yourself with the Analyzer and the test kit.
Afinion™ AS100 Analyzer
Important Touch Buttons
Patient sample mode
Control mode
Patient ID
Control ID
Enter
Accept
If the patient's albumin and/or creatinine value is outside the reportable range, one or two of the messages in the list below will be
displayed. In this case an ACR test result will not be reported, and the last message listed below (ACR: - - -) will be displayed.
Symbol
Albumin: < 5.0 mg/L
Albumin: > 200.0 mg/L
Creatinine: < 16.4 mg/dL
Creatinine: > 339.9 mg/dL
ACR: — — —
Afinion™ ACR Test Cartridge
Sampling device
Barcode
Capillary
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2
3
4
5
Important Information Codes
Code
107
108
213
* see Afinion™ ACR Package Insert
Cause/Explanation
The albumin concentration is below 5.0 mg/L
The albumin concentration is above 200.0 mg/L
The creatinine concentration is below 16.4 mg/dL
The creatinine concentration is above 339.9 mg/dL
The ACR value cannot be calculated as the albumin or creatinine value is outside range.
Quick Guide
1 ON/OFF button
2 Light emitting diodes
3 Touch screen
4 The lid
5 Connectors

Cleaning the Analyzer

Clean the Analyzer every 30 days.
Follow the procedure in the User
Manual. See section "Cleaning and
Maintenance".
Cause
Creatine too high
Blood in the urine detected by the Analyzer*
Test Cartridge or Analyzer failure
ID area
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