System Overview 85
Loading patient samples on the optional universal rack handler
LASER WARNING
Wear personal protective equipment.
Use universal precautions.
Only field personnel trained by Siemens should
IMPORTANT
Define container types for use on either the universal rack handler (LAS) or the onboard
sample tray (STT).
When you use the same sample rack on the rack handler and on an ADVIA Centaur
system, select allowable tube sizes from the table below. You must use the same tube size
for every tube in a rack.
Tube Type Size Manufacturer Description
Ht+Sample cup Hitachi 13 x 38 Hitachi Conical bottom in 16 x 15 round
Small transfer 12 x 75 Various Round bottom
Because the aspiration positions for the rack handler and the sample tray may be at
different heights, each container type must be defined separately in each sampling mode,
LAS, or STT. That is, if the same container is to be used on the rack handler and the
sample tray, it has to be defined as two different container types, one for LAS and one for
STT. The system defaults to container set #1 when a container is not specified with the
host workorder.
NOTE: If you are running patient samples on the onboard sample tray, you must load the
samples before starting the run. On the optional universal rack handler, load the rack
carrier on the infeed tray and push the Start/Pause switch to start the run. Control and
calibrator samples must be loaded on the onboard sampler (STT).
1. If the rack handler is not turned on, set the rack handler READY/STANDBY switch to
READY.
2. At the Windows desktop, double-select the rack handler icon.
You must use barcode labels to identify each sample. (Position numbers cannot be used.)
Properly affix each barcode label and make it visible through the slot in the rack.
Figure 2-2. Loading sample onto rack
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