User manual

Processing VITEK
®
2 Test Cards Processing Test Cards Using the Smart Carrier Station
VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual 6-17
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• On the VITEK
®
2 Instrument. The most important configuration option for
using the SCS is the Cassette Mode. This option must be set to Smart
Carrier.
Smart Carrier Workflow
Table 6-3 provides a general workflow for using the SCS. This workflow
assumes that you have:
• selected the VITEK
®
2 test cards to process
• decided whether to prepare susceptibility suspensions manually or
automatically using VITEK
®
2
Note: If you choose to prepare suspensions manually, suspension preparation
instructions can be found in the VITEK
®
Systems Product Information.
• prepared the inocula and have all material positioned by the SCS
Entering Test Information With SCS
The Cassette Edit screen is used to store information about specimens and
their test cards. You enter the information by positioning the cursor in a data
field for a particular test card slot. By default, the cursor is always in the
Accession ID field for slot 1 when the screen is first accessed. All fields are
empty unless previous data was entered for that slot.
1) Access the Cassette Edit screen.
Table 6-3: Processing Test Cards (Using the Smart Carrier)
Activity Reference Section(s)
1) Confirm configuration settings. • Configuration Options for Smart
Carrier Workflow on page 6-16.
• Cassette Edit Screen on
page 6-11.
2) Insert a cassette to display the Cassette Edit
screen.
• Step 1 on page 6-17.
3) Enter information for the first test card and
specimen in the first slot:
• Using the SCS bar code scanner, or
• Using the SCS keyboard
• Entering Test Information With
SCS on page 6-17.
• SCS Functions on page 6-13.
• Option Boxes on page 6-14.
4) Place the first test card and specimen test tube in
their appropriate slots.
N/A
5) Continue activities 3 and 4, filling the cassette slots sequentially.