User manual

Processing VITEK
®
2 Test Cards Processing Test Cards in Cassette Only Mode
VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual 6-27
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Note: The boat is shaped such that it will only accept a cassette in the proper
orientation.
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 Test 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
information is provided once the test cards reach the Card Incubator and
Reader Station and are read for the first time.
Entering Data for a Cassette
During the first minute after you load a cassette, the bar code on each test
card is read. From this bar code reading, the instrument knows the number of
test cards in the cassette, the type of test cards, and the position of each test
card. This information, along with the cassette name you selected in the
Cassette Setup function, is sent to the workstation.
The information can be viewed in the Cassette Edit window, which is part of
the VITEK
®
2 workstation software. You can access that screen and, using
the Cassette Worksheet, fill in the remaining information for the cassette once
the test cards have been loaded into the carousel.
For information on using the Cassette Edit window, please refer to this topic
in the VITEK
®
2 Software and AES User Manual.
Tracking Cassettes and Cards
The Cassette Name and Load Time, which appear in the VITEK
®
2
Directory window at the workstation, help you identify each cassette in the
VITEK
®
2 instrument. Table 6-9 shows how you can track each test card.
Table 6-9: Card Identity Components (Cassette Only Mode)
Identifier Example Source
Cassette Name RMT The three-character cassette name that
is entered in the Cassette Name
function.