User manual

6-12 VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual
510731-10EN1
About the Smart Carrier Station (SCS) Processing VITEK
®
2 Test Cards
• Modifier. Field used for organism modifiers. Six generic entries, mod1 to
mod6, are preloaded. When this data reaches the workstation computer,
the generic entry is converted to one of the first six corresponding entries in
the Organism Modifier table of the bioLIAISON
®
database.
• Dilution Mode. The current dilution mode setting is displayed to allow
quick verification. Refer to Figure 3-2 for instructions on how to change this
setting.
• Slot Indicator. The slot indicator is the set of boxes at the bottom of the
Cassette Edit screen (see Figure 6-7). The information in the slot indicator
is read as follows:
1) A number corresponding to the currently displayed slot appears over
the appropriate box.
2) The row of boxes is filled in as data is entered.
3) These boxes are empty unless the user has entered data previously. A
box in the row is filled automatically when the user enters data into the
Card Type field. Indicators are:
• I+ = Gram positive ID
• I- = Gram negative ID
• IA = ANC ID
• IY = yeast ID
• IB = bacillus ID
• IH = haemophilus ID
• S+ = Gram positive susceptibility
• S- = Gram negative susceptibility
• SY = yeast susceptibility
• X = Indicates the position of the inoculum tube for a susceptibility
test without a preceding mated ID when in Automatic Dilution
mode. This slot must not contain a card.
Understanding the Slot Indicator
A shaded circle appears under a box when the SCS determines the test card
in the slot requires an organism suspension. A completely open circle
appears under a box when the test card in the slot requires an empty tube.
Empty tubes are used for AST cards when the SCS is set to Automatic
Dilution mode.