User manual

6-20 VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual
510731-10EN1
Processing Test Cards Using the Smart Carrier Station Processing VITEK
®
2 Test Cards
Before you attempt to load a cassette, make sure the indicator light is on or is
blinking.
Loading a Cassette
1) Open the Cassette Load Station by lifting the cassette load door up.
There should be an empty boat at the station, or one with a cassette that
contains waste.
CAUTION: Do not attempt to load a cassette if a boat is not at the
station. Damage to the cassette and the VITEK
®
2 instrument is
possible.
2) Place the cassette in the boat so that the specimen test tubes face the
front of the instrument.
Figure 6-11: Correct Orientation of Cassettes
Note: The boat is shaped such that it will only accept a cassette in the proper
orientation.
CAUTION: To avoid possible processing errors, make sure that
all the test cards and test tubes are properly seated in the
cassette.
3) Close the cassette load door.
The Cassette icon appears on the Status screen.
4) Monitor the instrument until the Cassette icon disappears and the boat
moves forward to process cards.
Monitoring Card Processing
After a cassette is loaded, the test cards in it are scanned by the bar code
reader in VITEK
®
2. This information is sent to the workstation so that you
can see a listing of the test cards in the Directory window. Additional