cobas h 232 User Manual

Table of Contents
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8 Maintenance and Care 169
8.1 Conditions for storage and shipping ............................................................................................. 169
Storage.............................................................................................................................................. 169
Shipping............................................................................................................................................ 170
8.2 Cleaning and disinfecting the meter ............................................................................................. 171
Difference between cleaning and disinfecting.................................................................. 171
When should the meter be cleaned and disinfected? .................................................... 171
What to clean and disinfect?.................................................................................................... 171
Recommended cleaning/disinfecting agents..................................................................... 173
Cleaning after contamination due to mispipetting........................................................... 174
Cleaning the meter....................................................................................................................... 175
Disinfecting the meter................................................................................................................. 177
9 Troubleshooting 179
Errors and unusual behavior without error messages .................................................... 180
Meter reset ...................................................................................................................................... 182
10 General Product Specifications 183
10.1 Operating conditions and technical data..................................................................................... 183
Technical data................................................................................................................................ 183
Sample material............................................................................................................................. 184
Storage and transport conditions ........................................................................................... 184
10.2 Further information............................................................................................................................... 185
Ordering information ................................................................................................................... 185
Product limitations........................................................................................................................ 187
Information about software licenses .................................................................................... 187
Repairs .............................................................................................................................................. 187
11 Warranty 187
A Appendix 189
A.1 Working with barcodes....................................................................................................................... 189
A.2 Operator and patient ID barcode masks...................................................................................... 190
A.3 Example of barcode symbologies ................................................................................................... 191
A.4 Supported characters in 2D barcodes .......................................................................................... 193
B Appendix 195
B.1 Option: Wireless network (WLAN) ................................................................................................. 195
Preliminary note............................................................................................................................. 195
Background..................................................................................................................................... 195
Technical implementation.......................................................................................................... 196
RF specific functionalities and effective performance claims...................................... 198
C Supplement for Observed Test Sequence 201
Observed Test Sequence (OTS) ............................................................................................. 201
Using the OTS function............................................................................................................... 202
D Contact Roche 205
Index 207

cobas h 232 Specifications

General

Device Type	Point-of-care analyzer
Sample Type	Whole blood, plasma
Measured Parameters	Troponin T, Myoglobin, D-Dimer, NT-proBNP
Connectivity	USB
Intended Use	cardiac markers
Data Management	LIS connectivity
Throughput	Single test
Sample Volume	150 µL
Operating Temperature	15-30 °C
Operating Humidity	10-85% (non-condensing)
Display	Color touchscreen
Measurement Principle	Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA)