Abbott ARCHITECT RHS - Sample Processing

MODULE 2: BASIC OPERATION
2-6 ARCHITECT
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RSH Service Training Guide
FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY 201532-102
Sample Processing
• Samples are loaded into Carriers
• Carriers are slid into RSH priority sections or placed into Carrier Trays which are slid into the
Routine Bays for sampling.
- Trays and/or Sample Carriers may be inserted into a position with a status of Access
(indicated by a steady green light)
• A robotic mechanism, called the Carrier Transport Assembly, is used to transport the Sample
Carriers from:
- the bay to the RSH Bar Code Reader
- The RSH Bar Code Reader reads the Sample Carrier ID Label and sample tube
bar code label
- RSH Bar Code Reader to the Carrier Positioner Assembly
- The Carrier Positioner moves Sample Carriers into position for aspiration by
the Processing Module Sample Pipettors
- When sample aspiration is complete for all samples in a Sample Carrier at a
particular Processing Module, the RSH transports it to the next processing
module in the system for further processing as applicable
- When a Sample Carrier contains samples with a mixture of assay
orders, the Sample Carrier is usually transported to the chemistry
PM first and then to the immunochemistry analyzer
- the Carrier Positioner back to the bay.
- When all tests for all samples in a given Sample Carrier are aspirated, the
Sample Carrier is returned to its original bay
• Indicator lights located on the front of the RSH provide Sample Carrier status information to
the operator.
Carrier Tray placed into Routine Bay