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3 Close drawer and check for anonymous vials. If anonymous vials exist, identify them using the
ID Anonymous activity.
4 Close the drawer and wait for a test cycle to occur (indicated on Status display).
5 When the test cycle is complete, open the drawer again.
6 If message WE53 does not recur, the Partial Seated Station condition is resolved.
7 If the message recurs, one of two causes is likely: either the station is bad, or the vial sensor is
bad.
8 Block the recurring “Partial Seated” station by following the procedure in Section 6.2.2.1.
9 Use Vial Entry to enter the vial into a new station.
10 If message WE53 does not recur in the new drawer, the original station (the one you blocked
in Step 8) was bad.
11 If the message recurs, a problem may exist with the vial. For optimal recovery, you should
subculture that vial, incubate it offline, and subculture or visually inspect for positivity daily. A
terminal subculture may also be performed.
12 If the error is a result of a bad vial sensor, unblock the station (Section 6.2.2.2) you blocked in
Step 8, since it was not the cause of the Partial Seated Station error.
Figure 7-2 – Partial Seated Entry Display
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