2 Alere Cholestech LDX
®
System User Manual
Table of Contents
Introduction .....................................................................4
Examining Your Package Contents ............................................. 5
How the Alere Cholestech LDX
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Analyzer Works ........................ 6
Getting Started ..............................................................10
Setting the Conguration Menu ................................................ 12
Conguration Menu Flowchart .................................................. 14
Alere Cholestech LDX
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Optics Check ....................................... 16
Optics Check Cassette Test Procedure .................................... 17
Testing Procedure .......................................................... 18
Running a Test ........................................................................... 18
Performing a Fingerstick ........................................................... 22
Using Your MiniPet
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Pipettes .................................................... 25
Quality Control ............................................................... 26
Results Outside the Control Range ........................................... 28
Risk Assessment ...........................................................30
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Risk Assessment Program ...... 30
Performing a CHD Risk Assessment ......................................... 31
Risk Assessment Flowchart ...................................................... 33
Risk Assessment Modeling ....................................................... 34