Checking the gas flow – Bayer HealthCare Rapidlab 800 User Manual

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800 Series Operator's Manual

5.

Perform the appropriate action.

If you want to . . .

Then . . .

test another valve

repeat steps 2 through 4.

return to the Menu screen

press

Exit Test

.

6.

Press

Exit Menu

.

When you use the left arrow key to exit the Troubleshooting menu and enter the
Main menu, the system performs a wash.

Checking the Gas Flow

Use this procedure to test the flow of Cal Gas and Slope Gas. Refer to Figure 4-7
as you perform this procedure.

Figure 4Ć7.ā Checking the Gas Flow

Sample Port

Aspiration Adapter

Water

Steady Stream of
Bubbles

1.

Fill a small container with reagent water.

2.

Access the Valves Test from the Menu screen:

a. Select

3 Troubleshooting

and press

Enter

.

b. Select

1 Fluidics System

and press

Enter

.

c. Select

4 Valves

and press

Enter

.

3.

Check the flow of Cal Gas:

a. Select

Cal Gas

and press

Enter

.

b. Push down the sample door halfway open, insert an aspiration adapter into

the sample port, and immerse the other end in the water.

c. Press

Start Test

.

Ensure that a steady stream of bubbles flows from the aspiration adapter.

Procedural

Notes

4

1

Menu Code

3

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