CLINITEK Status+ Analyzer Operator’s Guide 39
Operations
• If you are a new operator:
a. Select Enter New Operator.
b. Enter your name (a maximum of 13 characters) on the Enter
Operator Name screen.
c. Select Enter.
For more information about how to use the keyboard, see
Section 1, Introduction.
You also can enter the Operator Name from a computer
keyboard, or if you run the analyzer with the CLINITEK Status
connector, scan it from a bar-coded label using the handheld
bar-code reader.
3. On the Patient Information screen, to enter the patient
information, perform the following steps:
• To enter a previous patient:
a. Select Recall Patient.
b. Scroll through the patient name list.
The most recently performed test displays at the top of the list.
c. Highlight the patient name and select Select.
Note The patient name list displays up to 200 patients in
chronological order. When the list reaches 200 patients, the
analyzer deletes the oldest name from the list. You cannot retrieve
the deleted name.
• To enter a new patient:
a. Select Enter New Patient.
b. Enter the patient name (maximum of 20 characters) on the
Enter Patient Name screen.
c. Select Enter.
You also can enter the patient name from a computer
keyboard.
If you run a CLINITEK Status+ analyzer with a CLINITEK Status
connector, you can scan the patient name from a bar-coded
label using the handheld bar-code reader.