BD BACTEC™ FX Instrument User’s Manual
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TTD
Time to Detection: calculated from the time of first entry into the instrument (the
vial’s Start of Protocol) until the instrument declares the vial as positive, in the
format of days;hours:minutes (DD;HH:MM); does not apply to manual positive
vials
unusable stations
station that has been determined during internal testing of the instrument to not
be within the acceptable tolerances, generally indicative of an instrument failure
such as an agitation, incubation, or measurement failure; stations are counted
as blocked
vial presence
sensor
each station contains a vial presence sensor that detects vial insertions and vial
removals.
vial sequence see sequence
vial status see status
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