Rapidlab 1200 Operator’s Guide: Operating the System 2-13
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NOTE: If you have a priority sample, but the system displays a message that
the system is busy, select
Cancel to interrupt the system. If Cancel is not
available, wait until the system is not displaying the busy message to analyze
the patient sample.
2. At the Analysis screen, select the button for capillary sample type.
3. Scan the barcode for the patient sample, if required.
4. Hold the capillary tube at the end closest to the sample port and insert the tube
firmly in the sample port.
Figure 2-3 Rapidlab 1200 Systems Sample Port
5. Select Analyze.
NOTE: If the system determines that insufficient sample is present or bubbles
are in the sample, you are prompted to position the sample as you would a
microsample. For information about analyzing microsamples, refer to
Analyzing Microsamples‚ page 2-14.
6. When prompted, remove the sample device and select
Continue.
7. If prompted, enter demographic information and select
Continue.
1 Inserting the capillary tube
CAUTION: Do not leave the sample device in the sample port after the system
prompts you to remove it. The system performs a wash after each sample analysis.
Leaving the sample device in place while the system performs a wash could
contaminate that wash with blood and adversely affect the next sample or system
operation.