Piccolo Xpress Manuel De L'opérateur page 15

2.5.1 Information Icons
A number of the analyzer's touchscreen displays include an information icon
get additional information about the procedure you're performing.
For example, in the screen that appears when you load a disc, pressing
lining the basic analysis procedure:
Select and
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2.6 Reagent Discs
2.6.1 Disc Structure and Function
All chemistry reactions in the Piccolo Xpress system are performed inside clear plastic reagent discs,
8 cm in diameter and 2 cm thick, specially designed to convert a few drops of whole blood, plasma, or
serum into a panel of test results. Each disc contains all components and reagents needed to perform
one or more tests on a single sample.
A total of 30 cuvettes are located around the periphery:
four system cuvettes contain QC reagent
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beads for instrument and chemistry quality
control
minimum and maximum absorbance
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cuvettes are used for calibration
a specially designed cuvette detects whether
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sample volume was sufficient
a cuvette verifies that sufficient diluted sample was delivered to the reaction cuvettes
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an empty cuvette captures excess fluids
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21 cuvettes contain test-specific lyophilized reagent beads
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to move through the information screens, and
Setup and Description
that you can select to
displays these screens out-
to close them.
Exit
diluent container
sample fill line
bar code ring
cuvettes
sample port
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