bioMerieux TEMPO, User Manual

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Using the TEMPO ® system
Reading TEMPO ® cards
5-18 TEMPO
®
Reading Station User’s Manual
R e a d i n g T E M P O
®
c a r d s
IMPORTANT! The TEMPO
®
Reader is designed to operate with the door closed.
To avoid reading errors and incorrect results:
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Keep the TEMPO
®
cards in an upright position (barcode at the top).
− Do not drop the cards.
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Do not write on the card wells and barcode.
bioMérieux
®
SA is in no case liable for any incorrect results arising from
failure to respect these recommendations.
CAUTION! Never remove a reading rack from the TEMPO
®
Reader if the reading cycle has
been interrupted by a power failure (See chapter 11-Troubleshooting -
Instrument errors: power fail message on page 11-3).
The TEMPO
®
Reader can only read TEMPO
®
cards if a work session has been
opened on the Reading Station computer by an identified user.
TEMPO
®
card reading is performed after incubation.
Note: A user can choose to perform premature reading of cards being incubated.
In this case:
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The maximum number of premature readings for a card is equal to the
maximum number of readings for the test minus two readings.
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The result of the premature reading cannot be validated.