Perform And Recover From An Emergency Stop - Beckman Coulter AU680 Training Manual

Perform and Recover from an Emergency Stop

Pressing the EM STOP button on the analyzer immediately turns off power to the
analyzer and ISE module. All analysis immediately stops and any data that is not
complete is lost and must be repeated.
Reagents remain in the cuvettes after performing an emergency stop of the analyzer.
A W1 should be performed following an emergency stop to clean the cuvettes before
performing an End Process or resuming analysis.
The same steps used to recover from an emergency stop also apply to recovering from
a loss of power to the analyzer.
When the analyzer turns on following an emergency stop the system mode remains in
Warm up for 1.5 hours. The system requires a 20 minute warm up time for the lamp.
After the 20 minute warm up time you can bypass warm up to standby.
Practice
 Use the flowchart on the following page to practice performing an emergency stop
 When an emergency stop is performed on the analyzer the refrigerator temperature
is no longer maintained. Consider how to manage reagents in the refrigerators if the
system is not immediately turned back on
AU680 In-Lab Training Manual
Version 2.0 (September 2016)
Page 110 of 152
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