Panther System
®
Operator’s Manual
AW-17791-001 Rev. 002 (EN)
14
Compliance and Safety
Change Gloves Condition
Change gloves
before …
l Preparing or loading reagents or fluids.
l Handling specimens, calibrators, and controls.
l Loading pipette tips or MTUs.
l Unloading reagents or fluids.
l Unloading Sample Racks.
l Performing maintenance procedures on the system.
l Touching lab equipment, including refrigerators and freezers.
Change gloves
after …
l Cleaning work surfaces or handling sodium hypochlorite
solution.
l Cleaning Sample and Reagent Racks.
l Handling specimens, calibrators, and controls.
l Any liquids appear on a glove.
l Performing maintenance procedures on the system.
l Handling Panther solid or liquid waste.
l When holes or tears are noted or when the glove's ability to
function as a barrier is compromised.
Table 1. Changing Gloves
Limitations
l Reagent and sample barcodes are not tracked between multiple Panther Systems.
l It is the responsibility of the System Administrator to ensure that the LIS data transfer
is properly validated with the LIS system at each site.
l The last line of the LIS export file contains a Cyclic Redundancy Checksum (CRC) tag
that can be used in a computer program to verify the file contents. Hologic Technical
Support can provide instructions to LIS programmers on verification of the CRC tag.
l Results verification subsequent to LIS transmission is the responsibility of each user
to properly validate.
l It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the system is operated according to the
environmental requirements documented in the System Specifications and
Requirements section (see Specifications and Requirements on page 15).
l Performance of the Panther System has not been determined for altitudes above
2,000 m (6,562 feet).
To Next Page
Loading...
