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SAMPLE ANALYSIS
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION
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6. In the Autoloader mode, because you have an internal bar-code reader to identify the
sample (if it has a barcode label) and the cassette, you can initiate a cycle without
entering a Sample ID.
7. If a Sample ID is not preassigned to a sample via a Worklist, or if the instrument cannot
find or read the bar-code label on the specimen tube, the instrument automatically
assigns an auto-numbered Sample ID to that specimen.
a. The auto-numbered Sample ID is preceded by AUTO_SID; for example, an
auto-numbered Sample ID of 101 appears as AUTO_SID101.
b. The AUTO_SID automatically increments by 1 from the previously assigned
number each time a sample without a Sample ID is analyzed.
c. Auto-numbering is always on and cannot be disabled.
d. You can, however, set the starting number where auto-numbering begins.
1) Setting the initial auto-number is covered under Heading 3.1,
MISCELLANEOUS (OPERATIONAL) SETUP OPTIONS, in this Training
Guide.
2) The procedure for changing this setting,
Auto-Numbering (Setting the AUTO_SID
Starting Number)
, is under Heading A.4 OPERATIONAL SETUP, in the Online Help
System or the Instructions for Use manual.
3) To view the current setting entered, from the Main Menu click tt tt
General tab.
4) For auto-numbering to restart on this initial number, the Worklist from the
previous Workday must be erased.
5) If you reset this number, the new number becomes effective when
Reset
Autonumbering
is selected on the Login screen at the beginning of a New
Workday.
e. Only the instrument can assign an AUTO_SID number. The Workstation will not
accept a Sample ID entered by the Operator or downloaded from a Host computer
with an AUTO_SID prefix.
8. A Sample ID can only appear once on the Worklist.
9. After a Sample ID is entered on the Worklist it can be deleted but it cannot be edited.
10. The instrument uses Sample IDs to distinguish between control sample results and
patient sample results.
a. When a control file is set up its lot number is “reserved” as its Sample ID.
b. Since the software knows which Sample IDs are controls, it can post the results of a
sample with a control’s Sample ID in the appropriate control file.
c. Therefore it is not necessary to run either a control sample or a patient sample with
a particular screen open.
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