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NOTE: Feature availability may
vary by geography due to regulatory
registration.
NOTE: Due to software changes,
some screens on the instrument
may appear slightly different from
those in this manual.
What does the analyzer do?
Your Clinitek Status
® +
analyzer is a
portable instrument for reading
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
urinalysis strips and Clinitest
®
immunoassay cassettes. No special
training is needed to use this
instrument. Several different Siemens
urinalysis strips (e.g., Multistix
®
10 SG)
can be used with the analyzer as well
as the Clinitest hCG Pregnancy Test.
The analyzer can be set up to be
as simple or sophisticated as you
prefer. You may simply insert a
dipped urinalysis strip or a Clinitest
cassette into the analyzer and the
result will be reported (this is called
a
Quick Test ).
Or, you have the option to enter
an Operator Name, Patient Name
and Patient ID. This added
information will be reported along
with the test results (this is called a
Full Test ).
The touch screen displays
instructions and prompts you
through operation of the analyzer. In
addition, you enter information
through the touch screen.
Do I have to calibrate?
You do not have to do anything
to calibrate. The instrument
performs a system test each time it
is turned on. Then, each time a test
is run, the instrument automatically
calibrates. The white calibration bar
(on the test table) provides NIST
traceable calibration.
How does it work?
Testing starts (in the Quick Test
mode) when either the Strip Test
or Cassette Test is selected on the
main menu screen.
Touching the Strip Test key
prompts you to adjust the test table
to accept a urinalysis strip. Then
you touch the
START key. You
have 8 seconds to dip the test strip,
blot the edge of the strip and place
it on the test strip table. The table is
partially pulled into the instrument
for calibration and then pulled
completely into the instrument to
read the test strip.
Touching the Cassette Test key
prompts you to adjust the test table
to accept a cassette. Then you
touch the
START key. You have
8 seconds to draw the sample into
a pipette and dispense it into the
sample well of the cassette. The
analyzer automatically calibrates
and then pulls the table completely
into the instrument where the
cassette is read.
In the Full Test mode for either a
Strip Test or Cassette Test , you
are prompted to enter an Operator
Name, Patient Name and/or Patient
ID prior to running a test.
A Brief Description