Rev 1.3 06/2018 8/59
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 9
PRESENTATION OF THE INSTRUMENT ...................................................................................................... 9
CLINICAL MEANING OF ESR ............................................................................................................... 10
NORMAL ESR VALUES (WESTERGREN CITRATED) ...................................................................................... 11
MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR USE OF THE INSTRUMENT ................................................................................. 12
MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE ............................................................................................................... 12
EXTERNAL CLEANING OF THE INSTRUMENT ............................................................................................. 13
TECHNICAL DATA .................................................................................................................... 14
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................. 14
EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENT ........................................................................................ 15
TECHNICAL FEATURES ...................................................................................................................... 16
INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................... 17
TRANSPORT AND HANDLING .............................................................................................................. 17
PACKAGING CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................ 17
MATERIALS PROVIDED ..................................................................................................................... 18
UNPACKING THE INSTRUMENT ............................................................................................................ 19
SETUP ........................................................................................................................................ 20
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................ 20
LIMITATIONS AND WARNINGS ............................................................................................................ 21
COMPOSITION OF THE INSTRUMENT ..................................................................................................... 21
DISPOSAL .................................................................................................................................... 21
USE ............................................................................................................................................ 22
COMPATIBLE TEST TUBES .................................................................................................................. 22
PREPARATION OF THE SAMPLE ............................................................................................................ 22
TEST TUBE LABELLING ...................................................................................................................... 23
DESCRIPTION OF THE MINI-CUBE MENU .............................................................................................. 24
PERFORMING AN ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................... 25
INSERTING THE TEST TUBES ................................................................................................................ 26
STARTING THE ANALYSIS CYCLE ........................................................................................................... 27
ARCHIVE ................................................................................................................................... 29
SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................. 33
QUALITY CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 36
PERFORMING QC ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................... 38
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................................... 39
MEASURING ABNORMAL SAMPLES ...................................................................................................... 40
CALCULATING THE DAS 28 .................................................................................................... 41
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ................................................................... 41
THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS ...................................................................................... 41
DAS 28 .................................................................................................................................... 44
CONNECTION TO A HOST COMPUTER .................................................................................. 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ 58
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