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76 ADVIA 2400 Operator’s Guide
Loading patient samples
Loading patient samples on the STT
BIOHAZARD LASER WARNING
Wear personal protective equipment.
Use universal precautions. Do not stare into the beam.
NOTES
Before starting a run, you must load control and calibrator samples on the onboard
sampler.
To load patient samples while the system is sampling, select the SMP Pause button at the
Operation Panel or on the analyzer.
1. Remove the sample tray evaporation cover.
2. Remove any completed samples and dispose of them in accordance with laboratory
procedure.
3. Make sure that on the Operation Panel, the Load Status Indicator line is green and
that SAMPLE LOAD OK displays
4. Load samples while the sample tray is in the sampler, or remove the tray.
To remove the sample tray, release the safety latches at position numbers 49 and 70,
then grasp the sample tray by its handles and lift it out of the sampler well.
5. Loading the samples.
a.
When using barcode labels:
•
Clean and properly position barcode labels on the sample tube.
•
Make labels face outward and visible through the slot in the sample-tube
holder.
•
Labels on tubes loaded in the inner ring (positions 43 through 84) must be
visible between the sample-tube holders in the outside ring.
b. When not using barcode labels, you must load each sample into the sample
position number entered on the workorder.
c. Load sample cups into a plastic adapter.
This adapter can hold two cup sizes. If the cup does not fit, remove the adapter
and try the other end.