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SAMPLE ANALYSIS
SAMPLE ANALYSIS IN THE MANUAL MODE
6.6 SAMPLE ANALYSIS IN THE MANUAL MODE
A Objectives
When you have completed this topic, you will be able to:
B State three circumstances under which you would use the Manual mode for processing a
sample instead of the Autoloader mode.
B Demonstrate the correct way to interchange tube holders.
B Demonstrate the correct way to insert a tube into the tube holder and close the
tube-holder door.
B Run patient samples in the Manual mode using your laboratory’s selected method.
B References
1. In the Online Help System or the Instructions for Use manual, refer to:
r
Heading 5.8 WORKING WITH THE TUBE HOLDER
r Heading 8.4 RUNNING MANUAL (STAT) SAMPLES.
2. In Chapter 9, SUMMARY AND QUICK REFERENCE MASTERS, of this Training Guide,
locate and make a copy of the
SAMPLE ANALYSIS IN MANUAL MODE SUMMARY.
C Special Instructions
1. The instrument must be ready to analyze patient samples. If necessary, do a Startup
procedure or a Mini-Clean cycle and analyze controls to ensure the instrument is ready.
2. You will need several specimens collected in the specimen tubes typically used by the
laboratory. If micro collection devices are used, it would be a good idea to include a few
of those as well.
D Topic Notes and Tasks
1. The Manual mode is also referred to as the STAT mode as you can use it to interrupt an
Autoloader run and analyze a STAT sample.
a. If you are processing a cassette in the Autoloader mode, when you click to
initiate the Manual mode the instrument completes the cycle in process and moves
the cassette out of the piercing area.
b. After the STAT sample is processed in the Manual mode, flashes, indicating
the instrument is ready to resume operating in the Autoloader mode.
2. The Manual mode offers the versatility of being able to analyze samples:
a. In small micro-collection devices. Refer to the Hematology Tube List available on
the BCI website at www.beckmancoulter.com, to review the collection devices that
can be used.
b. In vials with non-pierceable caps that must be analyzed in the open-vial mode.
3. In the Manual mode, only one specimen tube at a time can be loaded into the instrument
for analysis.
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