
Multipage list
IMMAGE 800 Operations Manual A11403
Glossary
September 2016
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Multipage list
A feature of the IMMAGE 800 interface that lists more than one screen page of
information (e.g., chemistries). The multipage list includes Page-Up and Page-Down
keys for next-page scrolling.
Numeric character
0-9.
Offset
A value which is added or subtracted following the application of a slope value to a
chemistry result.
On-board reagent
The chemistries, buffers, and diluents that are currently loaded onto the system.
Panel
A group of tests that are ordered together.
Parity
A method of detecting serial data transmission errors.
Patient demographics
Information that is associated with a patient, such as name, ID, age or sex.
Pause
An instrument command which allows results to be generated for all samples in
progress and then returns the instrument to
Standby
status.
Peltier
A temperature control system that heats or cools depending on the ambient
temperature.
Primary tube
A tube into which the patient sample is collected.
Range length, bar code
The limits of the code length which may be defined for a symbology.
Reagent name
The two to five-character abbreviation of the chemistry name.
Reference interval (normal range)
A user-defined range consisting of low and high values that are used to flag patient
results as "low" or "high".