PN 177196BB
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SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS AND MAINTENANCE
RECOGNIZING NORMAL INSTRUMENT OPERATION - CYCLE DESCRIPTION
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Pre-Cycle Instrument Conditions
1. The green LED is glowing indicating the
Analyzer is ready.
2. The RINSE bath is empty.
3. The DIL 1/HGB, DIFF, and RBC baths contain
clean Diluent.
4. The WBC/BASO bath contains a mixture of
Diluent and Rinse reagent.
Initiating an Instrument Cycle
1. To initiate a cycle in the Manual mode:
a. At the Workstation, select the Manual
mode and click .
b. When the tube holder door opens, place a
tube of a well-mixed whole-blood
specimen in the tube holder and push the
door to the sampling position.
Note: When the door is in the sampling
position, the probe pierces the tube
occupying the home (12 o’clock) position
in the tube holder. For different tubes, you
rotate the tube holder to bring the desired
tube to the home position.
2. To initiate a cycle in the Autoloader mode:
a. Load a cassette with specimen tubes and
place the cassette in the cassette input tray.
b. At the Workstation, select the Autoloader
mode.
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DIL 1
HGB
DIFF RBC BASO
WBC
RINSE
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