Instrument Startup; Blood Sample Collection - HORIBA ABX Micros 60 User Manual

1.3. Instrument Startup

Power «ON» the instrument by pressing the ON/ OFF switch, located on the back, lower center of the
rear panel. The LCD display will show the following:
Screen display
Please wait for 3 Min
This indicates an instrument warm-up period for the internal electronics.
Once the instrument warm-up phase is complete, the front panel L.E.D. will turn from «Red» to
«Green» indicating that the initialization phase is complete. The
automatically run a STARTUP cycle, if and only if the instrument has been programmed for an Auto-
Startup cycle (see Section 5,
If the ABX Micros 60
phase is complete, press the «Startup» key on the instrument front panel to initiate the cycle.
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electronics, and mechanical movements. Then the instrument will perform a blank cycle for a Back-
ground count (an analysis cycle based on reagents without any blood sample). The instrument then
prints out the blank cycle results.
Background Limits
Check and verify that the Background counts do not exceed the following parameter limits:
3 3
WBC 0.3 10 / mm
6 3
RBC 0.02 10 / mm
HGB 0.3 g/dl
3 3
PLT 10 10 / mm
If the Background count is above any of the parameter limits, the
tomatically perform another STARTUP cycle.
If the Problem persists after 3 consecutive cycles, a message will be printed out stating «Startup
Failed»
Refer to the «Maintenance and Troubleshooting» (See Section 6,
identifying and resolving the problem in question.
If the HGB blank test is unacceptable during the first Startup cycle, 2 more startup cy-
cles will be performed. If all 3 startup cycles fail the HGB blanck test, an error message
will be printed out stating «startup failed, HGB reference failed»
If any analysis cycles are run prior to a Startup cycle, a message will be displayed on
the LCD and printed out stating: «Startup cycle not initiated»
ABX Micros
When the
to perform a STARTUP cycle before running an analysis cycle.

1.4. Blood Sample Collection

Refer to Section 1, 4.2. Blood
must be gently and thoroughly mixed with a rocking or tilting motion just before placing the sample
into the tube holder for the analysis cycle.
4.3. Choosing Startup Cycle, page 5-11)
does not automatically run a Startup cycle after the initialization
will perform a Startup cycle which primes all the reagents, checks the
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has not been used within 4 hours of the last cycle, it is necessary
Specimens, page 1-13. for collection requirements. Blood samples
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Workflow
ABX Micros 60 will now
ABX Micros 60 will au-
2. Troubleshooting, page 6-18) for
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Startup checks