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5.3
Measurement of parameters with one reagent component
The instrument employs especially manufactured cuvettes and steel balls. Load a rack with new
cuvettes and balls and insert the rack with the cuvettes and balls into the pre-heating stations
for cuvettes above the measuring positions. Into cuvettes which has been positioned in these
pre-heating stations only then reagent is pipetted if the parameter consists of two reagent
substances (e.g. aPTT). The MC 10
plus
can process the test-related incubations time which is
programmed in the test parameters (chapter 3.3) in two different ways:
a)
Force incubation time
(chapter 3.5.9): if a measurement shall be carried out the rack with the
pre-heated cuvettes has to be positioned in the measuring channel row and the
measurement respectively the measuring channel has to be activated by pressing the
according activating key which is located under the measuring position. The activation for
this measuring channel is now active for 5 seconds which is indicated by flashing of the
according display line and the assigned greed signal lamp. The sample has to be pipetted
within this period of time and the incubation time keeper has to be started by pressing the
key “Incub Start” (on the left side of the activation keys) simultaneously.
PLEASE NOTE – in
this mode an incubation is obligatory, i.e. an abort is not possible
. When a measurement
has been start in a measuring channel the green signal lamp below this measuring position
changes its colour and flashes up constantly yellow-orange. 5 seconds before the end of the
in the settings menu selected incubation time (chapter 3.3) the MC 10
plus
signalizes
acoustically the end of this step in order to remind to pipette the start reagent and to start
the measurement. Then the measuring programme has to be activated again by pressing the
activating key under the measuring position. The activation for this measuring position is
now active for 5 seconds which is indicated by of the according display line and the assigned
greed signal lamp. The measurement can be started within these 5 seconds (assigned display
line and according green signal lamp). This happens automatically by adding the (start)
reagent (f no automatic pipette is used for adding the start reagent the measurement has to
be started by pressing one of the two manual start keys which are left and right from the
measuring position activating keys). The signal display changes its colour and flashed red. The
instrument automatically stops the measurement as soon as a clot is formed. The signal
display now lights up constantly red. For preparing a new measurement press the activating
key under the according measuring position or reset all measuring positions simultaneously
by pressing the F3-key (reset of all measuring positions with the F3-key is not supported
during automatic channel reset (chapter 3.5.9)).
Please ensure that the start reagent to be pipetted has
been pre-heated to 37°C in order to avoid incorrect results.
The pre-heating happens (according to the employed start
pipette) either in the tip of the Handystep pipette (if the
Handystep pipette has been stored in the according pre-
heating position) or in a reagent tube which has been
placed in a reagent pre-heating position.
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