BD PrepMate Automated Accessory - Loading;Unloading the Specimen Rack

BD PrepMate™ Instrument User’s Manual
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5.1 Loading/Unloading the specimen rack
1 Confirm that the specimen vials and centrifuge tubes are properly accessioned (labeled).
Vortex the vials.
2 Inser
t the specimen vials to be processed into the specimen rack starting at vial row 1 (see
Figure 5). Fill each row of 4 in order until the rack
is full (12 vials), or until all of the vials to be
processed are loaded. Make sure that the vials ar
e fully seated in their circular wells. If
processing fewer than three rows of vials, start loading vials at vial row 1.
Syringe, vial, &
tube row 1
Centrifuge rack
row 1
Figure 5 – Loading the specimen rack
3 Lo
ad the centrifuge tubes into the specimen rack. Insert each tube adjacent to its specimen
vial, and then pipette 4 mL of BD Density Reagent into each tube.
4 mL density
reagent
Figure 6 – Centrifuge tubes loaded into specimen rack