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5.3.9 Culture – Vial Display
The Vial tab on the Culture display is primarily used to view or enter information about individual vials,
and to perform specialized functions related to vials. The following functions can be performed:
• Add information for a new vial (see field requirements below)
• Recall a vial to add or modify vial information (scan or type in the vial sequence number to
recall data)
• Disassociate a vial from an accession number (see Disassoc(iate) button below)
• Associate an orphan vial to an accession number
• Force a vial manually positive or negative (see Status below)
• View or print a vial plot (see Plot button below)
When new information is added, or a field is changed, the field name appears highlighted until the
information is saved.
You cannot access Culture displays in an instrument that is in degraded mode.
See Figure 5-10 for a sample Culture – Vial display.
To access Culture – Vial:
From the Culture – Patient display, select the Vial tab
or
In the Drawer View display, select the desired station
Select OK
Culture – Vial Display Fields:
Accession
Scan or type in the accession number up to 20 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following:
* ? [ ] ! # |
Accession number cannot be 12 digits long AND begin with the numbers “44.”
Sequence
Scan or type in the vial barcode sequence number located on the vial label. Sequence number
is a 12-digit number beginning with “44.”
Medium
If the sequence number is scanned or typed in, the medium type is automatically entered in
this field. If a replacement barcode is scanned (medium type 99), the correct medium type can
be selected by selecting the arrow next to the Unknown medium type, and selecting the
correct medium type.
From the Status display, select Culture
From the Status display, select Drawer View
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