User manual

Processing VITEK

2 Test Cards Instrument Status Screen

VITEK

2 Instrument User Manual 6-3

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Instrument Status Screen

You use the Status screen more often than any other screen in the VITEK

user interface. Since it is so basic to the workflow, the Status screen is very

easy to display and in many cases, the interface displays it automatically.

Displaying the Status Screen

There are three ways to display the Status screen:

• Automatically displays at the end of the instrument’s power up initialization

process.

• Automatically displays from the Main Menu whenever that menu is left

unattended for more than one minute.

• Displays from the Main Menu by pressing the Previous Screen key.

Instrument Status Field

The Status field appears at the top of the VITEK

2 Status screen.

Figure 6-1: VITEK

2 Status Screen in Cassette Only Mode

The Status field (1, Figure 6-1) displays one of the following:

• OK. This status means that all of the subsystems in the instrument are

working normally, and that the instrument is ready to accept test cards for

processing.

• Warming. This status is seen after the instrument is turned on. It means

that the incubation temperature in the Reader Station has not reached its

specified temperature. Test cards cannot be processed until this status

changes to OK.