Defining Specimen Types; The Profile - Linking It All Together; Figure 5-1 Trays And Profiles - Aim Lab PathFinder 350S User Manual

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The location code is mapped to physical tray locations via the profile gates
configuration.
5.4

Defining Specimen Types

The specimen type of a sample is often required for proper LIS routing. Because the
PathFinder 350S operates without tube identification, it is unable to determine the
specimen type of a particular sample.
Instead, the PathFinder 350S can associate a specimen type to a tube based on
either the rack or input location it was picked from. The rack registry allows a
specimen type to be associated to a rack barcode. The locations configuration
allows a specimen type to be associated with a location.
When a tube is picked from an input rack, the specimen type sent to the LIS for that
tube will be:
1)
2)
3)
For example, all tubes input to the Sorter could be assumed to be blood samples. If
occasionally a set of citrate samples need to be processed then a special rack can be
defined with the citrate specimen type, and when that rack is placed on the Sorter
it will send the correct specimen type to the LIS.
5.5

The Profile - Linking it All Together

The profile defines how the tubes are picked and placed for a particular specimen
tray. In other words it defines the workflow through the Sorter.
The profile gates configuration (Section 6.7.9) defines for a particular specimen
tray, which racks are input or output, and which location ID is associated with those
racks.
More than one specimen tray can be defined within one profile, allowing different
specimen trays (and hence rack types) to be used without reconfiguring the
PathFinder 350S. Likewise one specimen tray can be included in several profiles,
allowing the same racks to be redefined to accommodate different work flows. This
is illustrated in Figure 5-1.
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The specimen type associated with the barcode of the rack it was picked
from. If no specimen type is defined, then
The specimen type associated with the location where the input rack was
placed. If no specimen type is defined, then
The specimen type is sent as unknown.
Tray A
Profile A

Figure 5-1 Trays and Profiles

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Tray B
Profile B
Profile C
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