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Xprecia Stride User Guide 1. Exploring Stride
What's in the box?
Stride is shipped with the following accessories:
‒ Test strip port protective caps in 4 colors that you can use
to help identify multiple analyzers used in a point-of-care
environment. The four colors are white (pre-installed on
Stride), purple, green, and aquamarine.
Requirement Be sure the test strip port protective cap
is always fully snapped in place before use.
‒ USB cable
‒ 3 AA batteries
‒ Data Management Software (DMS)
‒ Documentation Package
(User Guide and Documentation CD)
Other required materials
Required to process a patient sample, but not supplied:
‒ Alcohol wipe, cotton ball or tissue
‒ Single-use lancing device to obtain capillary blood
samples obtained from a fingerstick. Prepare the lancing
device according to manufacturer instructions.
‒ Xprecia System PT/INR Strips
Xprecia System PT/INR Strips
Each Xprecia System PT/INR Strip contains the reagent
Dade® Innovin®, which is a preparation of purified
recombinant human tissue factor combined with synthetic
phospholipids, calcium chloride, and stabilizers.
Stride measures PT values in whole blood. To begin testing,
the contact end of the test strip is inserted into the test
strip port on the analyzer.
Then, a blood sample is applied to the test strip target
area. The blood sample is automatically drawn by capillary
action into the reaction chamber of the strip where the
blood mixes with reagents and activates the coagulation
cascade. When Stride senses that the blood has clotted, the
testing stops. A PT result is calculated and appears on the
analyzer as INR.
STRIP INSERTION
1 Insert
(contact end)
2 Blood target area
Xprecia System PT/INR Strips are designed for use only with the
Xprecia Stride Coagulation Analyzer. Other test strips won't work
with Stride.
Only apply blood to a test strip when it's inserted in Stride. Never
use bent, scratched, or damaged test strips. Never use a test strip
twice.