CLINITEK Status+ Analyzer Operator’s Guide 45
Operations
To enter operator and patient information, perform the following
steps:
1. On the Select Ready screen, select Cassette Test.
2. On the Operator Name screen, to enter the operator name,
perform the following steps:
• Only if configured, if you are the last operator, select Last
Operator.
• If you are a new operator:
a. Select Enter New Operator.
b. Enter your name (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, Entering Information‚ page 27.
You also can enter the operator name from a computer
keyboard. If you run a CLINITEK Status+ analyzer with a
CLINITEK Status connector, you can scan the operator name
from a bar-coded label using the handheld bar-code reader.
3. On the Patient Information screen, enter the patient information:
• To look up a previous patient, select Recall Patient. Scroll
through the paitent name list. The most recently performed
test displays at the top of the list. 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, select Enter New Patient, and enter
the patient name (maximum of 20 characters) on the Enter
Patient Name screen. Then, 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 scan the patient name from a bar-coded label using
the handheld bar-code reader.