User manual

6-6 VITEK
®
2 Instrument User Manual
510731-10EN1
Instrument Status Screen Processing VITEK
®
2 Test Cards
•VITEK
®
2 Instrument Icon. This icon represents
the VITEK
®
2 instrument. It shows when one of the
access doors is open. These include the front
access door on the front of the instrument, and the
top access door.
•VITEK
®
2 XL Instrument Icon. This icon
represents the VITEK
®
2 XL instrument. It shows
when one of the access doors is open. These
include the Section A top access door, Section B
top access door, and the center front sliding door.
•Cassette Icon. An icon graphic of a cassette
appears while a cassette is processing through the
Bar Code Reader and Button Memory Reader
stations. Its presence reminds you to stay near the
instrument to ensure that the cassette does not
experience any load errors.
•Power Fail Icon. This icon indicates that the
instrument is being powered by the UPS battery
only. While the instrument is in this condition, no
new cassettes may be loaded. Cassette processing
continues for 20 minutes, or until the UPS battery
runs low, whichever comes first.
•Low Battery Icon. This icon indicates the UPS has
low batteries. All processing is halted immediately.
•Lost Communications Icon. This icon indicates
the instrument has lost communications with the
host computer. The amount of time after host
communications has been lost before an error is
generated is 1 hour.
Monitoring Pipette Tips and Saline
The VITEK
®
2 instrument uses pipette tips and saline (6, Figure 6-1) for
automatic dilution of susceptibility inocula.
For each disposable, the Status screen displays a bar graph and number
similar to the one shown in Figure 6-3: