Instrument Operation; General Information; Getting Ready To Run - Bayer HealthCare CLINITEK 500 Operating Manual

INSTRUMENT OPERATION

General Information

Following initial installation (Section 2) and selection
of your setup options (Section 3), the CLINITEK
Urine Chemistry Analyzer is ready for routine operation.
Carefully read this section before beginning any testing.
CAUTION: Do not use anything pointed or hard to make
selections on the touch screen. A pencil eraser works
well.

Getting Ready to Run

The CLINITEK 500 instrument is designed to be left
on at all times (except during cleaning procedures).
Either the screen saver display or the Ready/Run screen
(shown below) will be displayed whenever the instrument
is not in use. (If the screen saver is being displayed, sim-
ply touch the screen anywhere to return to the Ready/Run
screen.) For example:
Use MULTISTIX 10 SG.
Place strip.
ID:
SEQ #: 00001
Color-YELLOW
Clarity-CLEAR
Menu Tech ID: 118
09-05-98 10:32 AM
If IDs are not being used and color/clarity results are
displayed (if being reported), the instrument is ready to
use immediately and enters the Run mode as soon as a
strip is detected on the platform. Whenever the push bar
is positioned at the left side of the loading station, the
instrument is ready to accept placement of a strip; how-
ever, if the bar is positioned to the right, the instrument
is not ready and any strip placed on the platform will be
ignored.
Revised 5/01
If you need to access any of the menu items shown on
the display, this must be done before a run is started.
During a run, most of the key symbols are dimmed, which
means the options are not available. The
® 500
Run) is always available during a run and, depending on
the Setup options selected, the Color and/or Clarity keys
may be available.
If a key is displayed as a fully lit symbol, that option is
available for selection. Touching the specified key sym-
bol causes the following actions:
ID: allows specimen identification numbers to be entered.
If ID numbers have been entered into a loadlist, the
number of the next specimen in the list is displayed.
The number is updated each time a strip is moved to
the read area.
SEQ #: allows the sequence number to be changed. The
number being displayed represents the sequential
number that will be assigned to the next specimen.
The number increments each time a strip is moved to
the read area.
Color: displays the next option in the series of color selec-
tions that can be made for visually determined color
results. If color was previously entered through the
loadlist, that entry is displayed for the next specimen
to be tested; otherwise, either the default description
is displayed or the display is blank until the cycle key
is touched, depending upon the selection made in
Section 3, Step F-4. (If color is determined by the
instrument or is not being reported, the display shows
"(
by Analyzer
Clarity: displays the next option in the series of clarity
selections that can be made. Otherwise, the displays
are the same as for the Color key, except that clarity
cannot be determined by the instrument.
Menu: takes you to the Option Menu, from which sever-
al additional options can be quickly selected or changed
prior to beginning a run.
(Stop Run): cancels the run in progress (available
only during the Run mode).
(Help): displays additional information about the
Ready/Run screen.
Section 4
)" or "( )," respectively.)
not reported
key (Stop
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