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VB1 DM/JAC 2014 v1.0
This document is a quick reference guide. For more comprehensive
information
please refer to your Skyla VB1 Operator’s Manual
Dispensing the sample
1. Attach a new pipette tip to the end of the 200ul pipette provided. Do not touch the
end of the tip.
2. Using your thump push down the plunger on the top of the pipette to the stop
position.
3. Immerse the pipette tip below the surface of the sample.
4. Slowly release the plunger to draw up the sample, avoid drawing in any air, as this
will cause the disc to fail.
5. Remove the pipette from the sample tube.
6. Insert the pipette tip into the sample port. The pipette tip should only make slight
contact with the bottom of the sample chamber, do not push down hard.
7. Keep the reagent disc level and the pipette tip perpendicular to the surface of the
disc.
8. Gently push down the plunger at the top of the pipette to the stop position. All of the
sample should have been expelled into the sample chamber. Keeping the plunger
held down gently remove the pipette tip from the sample port. The plunger may now
be released, remove the disposable tip from the pipette and discard the tip.
9. Press the
START
icon on the touch screen to open the reagent disc
drawer at the front of the analyzer.
10. Hold a reagent disc that contains a sample by its edge, with the barcode side
facing up and the disc kept level. Avoid touching the surface of the reagent
disc. Gently place the disc into the drawer and press
OK
to close the disc
drawer.
11. Use the touch screen to enter the patient ID (up to 12 numbers) or scan the patient
ID using the optional external barcode scanner and press
OK
12. If you press OK without entering a patient ID, the system will use the
current date and time as the patient ID in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm.
