Siemens ADVIA 2400, Operator'S Manual, Page: 79 / 200

Operating the System 79
7. For continuous loading of new rack carriers, push the Start/Pause switch and hold it
for ten seconds until the rack handler status display reads Continuous feed.
When the barcode reads a label, the corresponding sample indicator turns green.
The sample indicator turns red if the sample tube is detected, but the barcode label
cannot be read. If the sample tube is not detected, the sample indicator will not glow
green or red.
Urgent samples and manual reruns are run from the onboard
sampler (STT)
1. Verify that a workorder or rerun request exists for each STT sample.
2. At the Operation Panel, select
Pause
.
The operation mode changes to Pause Shift, then to Pause. A short delay may occur
while the analyzer changes operational states.
3. Load samples on the STT.
4. At the Operation Panel, select
Start
.
5. Complete the Start Conditions window and start the run.
Make sure to select the
Analyze box
for the onboard sampler.
After aspirating the STT samples, the system resumes sampling from the rack
handler if racks are available, or it will enter the Watch mode while waiting for the
next rack.
Starting the run
WARNING
If the system was stopped using the Emergency Stop button, you must perform a
Weekly wash (WASH2) prior to processing samples.
1. In the Operation Panel, select
Start
.
The Start Conditions window displays.
2. Perform any of the following tasks on this window:
a.
run calibrators and reagent baselines (RBL)
b. run control samples
c. You cannot run multipoint calibrations, while you are running patient samples
from the STT tray.
d. Run patient samples:
e. from the STT
f. from the optional universal rack handler or external transport
3. To begin the run, select
Start
.