VIDAS PC Quick Guide Jan 2005

Open a Session

Read an MLE Card

The first time you use VIDAS PC it is important that you create a user name in Windows NT or have one created for you by an administrator using a specific procedure.

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After 30 minutes of inactivity, VIDAS automatically requests you to re-enter your user name and password. The following screen appears.

Enter your user name and password,

Choose a compartment and VIDAS® system from the scroll lists and insert the card in the compartment, click

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save

with automatic printing.

To close a session after you have finished, A message appears if the card is not read correctly. Click OK and enter the line(s) missing from the above screen,

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decode

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Check the factory-set data in the ‘read values’ field, save 2

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Create an Analysis Request

(patient and/or calibration/control)

box (unchecked) saves The Reserve requests in the Job List below. Requests are also stored in any instruments connected to a laboratory information system.

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- Patient: enter the patient’s barcode or name in the Sample ID field - Calibration/Controls: automatic: when a patient is created manual: enter ‘S’ in the Sample ID field.

Enter the VIDAS Test code in the corresponding box

Create

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or

F10

The list can be sorted by test, sample or name by clicking on the appropriate column heading.

to confirm the request The Reserve box (checked) saves requests in the Predefined Sections (recommended).

To transfer the selected patient analysis requests from the Job List to a Predefined Section, click

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Delete an Analysis Request To delete an analysis request for a patient, control or calibrator, transfer them from the Predefined Section to the Job List,

Reserve a Compartment 1. Click on the number of the Predefined Section to be run,

the first compartment is reserved.

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then select the analysis requests for the patients, controls or calibrator you want to delete and put them in the Bin.

RESERV.

2. To use the compartment marked URG, click on it. EMERG.

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A box will appear asking you to confirm whether you really want to delete them. click

Modify an Analysis Request To modify an analysis request for a patient before running the series of analyses, select the patient from the Predefined Section or the Job List.

Make the necessary modifications, Modify

click

to save the modification(s).

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or

Select a section and Reserve

F11

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Automatic Reservation (choose when connected) 7

Run a Series of Analyses click on the VIDAS® 1 or 2 icon

Correcting Errors 1. Click on the ERR compartment in the VIDAS® status bar.

the loading help chart appears. Click on the error in the Instrument Menu and read the explanation.

2. To correct an error (e.g. wrong barcode). Insert the SPRs and strips. Distribute the samples.

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Running each compartment one by one:

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Running compartments simultaneously (the results will be printed out at the end of the longest analysis):

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To go back to the loading menu:

Type in the barcode and start over. 3. In the case of other errors (MLE card, instruments, etc.), select them for more details, make any necessary corrections, and delete them by clicking on:

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View a Result click

Instrument Menu 1.

2.

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Select

the Instrument Menu

Enter the end date and duration of the interval,

Refresh the list view,

3. Icons in the Instrument Menu

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3.1

displays the status of compartments (free, occupied, disconnected or in error). By selecting a compartment in this menu, you can:

stop it immediately,

To reprint a result, select it, click

reset it,

Then confirm.

disconnect it for checking or servicing following a technical problem,

To run a patient analysis through again, select the patient’s name,

reconnect it following a check. click

The request is sent to the Job List and can be modified if need be. Modify

(e.g. dilution) 10

3.2

display tests contained in each loaded compartment.

3.3

view the error menu.

Note: the list of errors and solutions is provided in Chapter 11 of the user’s manual.

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V I DAS P C Analysis request LIS

Create

Reserve Predefined Section

Job List 200 max.

20 x 6 max.

or Reserve a compartment or

AVAIL

EMERG.

or

Start

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