MODULE 1: SYSTEM TOUR
1-18 AEROSET
®
Customer Training Guide
94858-103 — July 2003
Consumables
Sample Cups
The sample cups are used to load calibrators, controls, and patient
samples on the Analyzer. They can be placed in the Calibrator/Control
Carousel, Sample Carousel, Reserved STAT Position, and Sample
Carriers. Volume graduation lines at 1 mL and 2 mL help the Operator
fill sample cups, eliminating the need for precision pipetting.
The following table provides the minimum sample volume required in a
sample cup. The minimum volume required is dependent upon the
largest possible aspiration volume of an assay pair ordered on the
sample.
Largest Assay Pair Volume = Largest defined assay volume ordered on
the A-Line + Largest defined assay volume ordered on the B-Line.
*All Abbott assay applications have a defined sample volume of 20 µL
or less. This volume requirement would only apply if non-Abbott assay
applications are defined with a sample volume greater than 20 µL.
For example, the minimum sample required for a panel including the
following assays (Urea, Crea, Glu, Na
+
, K
+
, Cl
-
, CO
2
) is:
60 µL + 31.4 µL (combined sample volume) = 91.4 µL
NOTE: For individual assay sample volume requirements, refer
to the parameters in the assay-specific AEROSET Reagent
Application Sheets or package inserts.
Largest Assay Pair
Volume
Minimum Volume Required
2 - 40 µL 60 µL + combined sample volumes of all assays
ordered
40 - 70 µL * 166 µL + combined sample volumes of all assays
ordered
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