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Changing a Patient ID:
You cannot directly change a patient ID. However, you can disassociate a Patient ID from any
associated vials, and then associate the correct Patient ID/Name to the vials.
First follow the steps above in Section 4.6.3, Disassociating vials. Do this for each accession
attached to the patient record. When the last accession is disassociated from the patient, the
patient record is deleted from the database.
Next, follow the steps at the beginning of this section, Adding patient data.
Select Save to save the patient data.
4.7 Testing Vials
Vial testing in the BD BACTEC™ FX40 instrument is automatic and is interrupted only by drawer
openings and/or some system alert conditions. Test cycles are initiated every ten minutes. A minimum
of one hour of test results is required in order for any vial to be declared positive.
Measurement cycles in the top and bottom instruments of a stack are independent of each other.
Testing in drawers is independent also.
Positive vials are indicated immediately upon detection as described in Section 4.9.
In Isolation mode, the instrument continues to acquire readings from vials. However, positivity analysis
does not occur until the instrument re-establishes communication with the main computer. In
a
BD EpiCenter™ configuration, an instrument in degraded mode continues to incubate, agitate, and
test vials.
4.8 Printing Reports
The following reports can be selected for printing:
• Affected Vials
•Alert List
• Contaminant Vials
• Culture Summary
• Current Inventory
• Current Negatives
• Current Positives
• Loaded Vials
• Maintenance QC Report
• No Growth Accession
• Orphan Vials
• Partial Seated Stations
• Pending Report
• Unloaded Negative Vials
• Unloaded Positive Vials
• Unloaded Vials
Reports cannot be printed at an instrument in degraded mode in a BD EpiCenter™ configuration.
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