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CELL-DYN
®
3200 System Operator’s Manual
9140181H—October 2001
Operating Instructions
Set Up Instructions
Section 5
Patient Limits
The
[PATIENT LIMITS]
key is used to enter upper and lower flagging limits for
groups of patient samples. (For example, limits may be entered for adult males,
adult females, neonates, etc.) The following soft key labels are displayed (See
Figure 5.4.) when the
[PATIENT LIMITS]
key is pressed:
LIMIT SET 1
LIMIT SET 2
LIMIT SET 3
LIMIT SET 4
LIMIT SET 5
LIMIT SET 6
PRINT
RETURN
NOTE:
The key label for the limit set displayed on the screen is not shown.
Six different sets of limits may be entered. Whenever a parameter result exceeds an
entered limit, the result is displayed in color on the screen to alert the operator.
Results displayed in yellow are below the limit and results displayed in purple are
above the limit. The flagged result is underlined on the graphics report and the
blank ticket report. The flagged result is marked with an asterisk (*) on the
pre-printed ticket report.
LIMIT SET 1 contains upper and lower limits pre-set at the factory. The operator
shall be able to change these limits. Once these limits are changed, the operator can
return to the factory-set limits by either manually inputting the factory-set limits or
by re-installing the Set Up Disk.
LIMIT SETS 2 through 6 contain zeros for the lower limits and 9s for the upper
limits when the instrument is first installed.
In addition to entering limit set data, the operator can also pre-assign limit sets to
patients based on patient sex and age.
Automatic Patient Limit Set Assignment
Sex and Age fields for each Patient Limit Set are shown in the upper left corner of
the
LIMIT SET
screen.
Limit Set 1 is the default Limit Set. It is assigned to any Patient without both an age
and a sex designation or whose age and sex (if input) cannot be assigned by the
system to a specific Limit Set. The operator cannot change the displayed data in the
Sex and Age fields of Limit Set 1.
For Limit Sets 2 through 6, the operator can pre-assign a Limit Set based on age
and sex. The options for Sex are:
M
for Male
F
for Female
U
for Undefined (either the patient’s sex is unknown or the Limit Set is intended
to cover both male and female)
