Clinitek Advantus Operator’s Guide 35
Quality Control
10. Place the reagent strip onto the supports of the strip loading station, with
the reagent pads facing up.
Place the strip to the right of and parallel to the push bar. Ensure that the
end of the strip is against the back wall of the platform and that it is not
touching the bottom of the strip loading station.
Figure 7 Reagent Strip Placement
11. Repeat steps 5 through 10 for each additional control.
The strip automatically advances along the strip loading station, under the
readheads, and into the waste bin.
If the printer is set to On, the results are printed and stored in memory. If
the computer port is set to computer port, ethernet port, or both, and CCS
is selected as the output format, the control results are also transmitted to
the host computer.
12. After all controls are run, select
Return to Ready/Run to exit the quality
control screen.
CAUTION
Improper placement may cause the analyzer to jam or the strip to
incorrectly align under the readheads.