BD BACTEC FX - Page 74

BD BACTEC™ FX Instrument User’s Manual
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Removing positive vials:
Select a drawer that has positive stations, and open the drawer by pulling it out.
• The barcode scanner turns on.
• All positive, final negative, available, and anonymous (all variations) are indicated by the
appropriate lit or flashing station indicators.
• Remove a vial from a FLASHING RED (positive) or FLASHING YELLOW / FLASHING
RED (Anonymous Positive) station, OR
Select Remove Positives on the Status display
• The Positive Removal display appears. (If an anonymous positive vial was removed, the
ID Anonymous display appears. Scan the sequence and accession for the anonymous
positive vial and select Save. Then select Exit to return to the Positive Removal display.)
• Scan the vial sequence barcode (note that only positive stations remain illuminated after
this). You must scan each positive vial you pull in order for the instrument to re-light
positive stations.
If that vial sequence number was entered manually, the system asks you to verify that the
sequence number is correct. You must manually confirm that the sequence number on the
vial is the same as the one shown on the screen, and select Verified. If the sequence
numbers do not match, select Wrong.
• If the Show Related Vials function is enabled in configuration, the LEDs of vials with the
same accession number illuminate GREEN (in the current drawer), and the Culture –
Specimen display shows the related vials in the Vial Window (not applicable to Positive /
Anonymous vials).
In a BD EpiCenter configuration, the instrument cannot Show Related Vials when it is in
degraded mode.
Remove any related vials if desired, and either confirm or scan the sequence number,
depending on the system prompt. When you have finished removing related vials, select
Exit to return to the Positive Removal display
• Counters on the display are updated dynamically as vials are removed.
• When all positives are removed from the drawer, the Activity Complete tone sounds (or
when the Culture – Specimen display is exited, if related vials are shown).
Removing negative vials:
Select a drawer that has negative stations, and open the drawer by pulling it out.
• The barcode scanner turns on.
• All positive, final negative, and anonymous (all variations) are indicated by the appropriate
flashing station indicators.
• For Single Vial Removal
•Select Remove Negatives on the Status display, OR
• Remove a vial from a FLASHING GREEN (negative) station and scan it.
• The Negative Removal display appears.