from diagnosis, the seeds of better health

VIDAS PCQuick Guide

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The first time you use VIDAS PC it is important thatyou create a user name in Windows NT or haveone created for you by an administrator using aspecific procedure.

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

Enter your user name and password,

To close a session after you have finished,

Choose a compartment and VIDAS® systemfrom the scroll lists and insert the card in thecompartment,

A message appears if the card is not read correctly.Click OK and enter the line(s) missing from theabove screen,

click

click

click

click

click

click

click

Open a Session Read an MLE Card

save

decode

save

with automatic printing.

Check the factory-set data in the ‘readvalues’ field,

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Create an Analysis Request

- Patient: enter the patient’s barcode or name in the Sample ID field

- Calibration/Controls: automatic: when a patient is createdmanual: enter ‘S’ in the Sample ID field.

Enter the VIDAS Test code in the corresponding box

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

To transfer the selected patient analysis requestsfrom the Job List to a Predefined Section,

to confirm the request

click

click

(patient and/or calibration/control)

orCreate F10click

The Reserve box (checked) saves requestsin the Predefined Sections (recommended).

The Reserve box (unchecked) savesrequests in the Job List below.Requests are also stored in any instrumentsconnected to a laboratory information system.

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RESERV.

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Delete an Analysis Request

Modify an Analysis Request

Reserve a Compartment

To delete an analysis request for a patient, controlor calibrator, transfer them from the PredefinedSection to the Job List,

To modify an analysis request for a patient beforerunning the series of analyses, select the patientfrom the Predefined Section or the Job List.

Make the necessary modifications,

1. Click on the number of the Predefined Sectionto be run,

the first compartment is reserved.

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

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

3. Automatic Reservation (choose when connected)

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

click

click

click

to save the modification(s).

orModifyF11click

Select a section and Reserve

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Run a Series of Analyses Correcting Errors

clickon the VIDAS® 1 or 2 icon

the loading help chart appears.

Insert the SPRs and strips.Distribute the samples.

Click on the error in the Instrument Menu andread the explanation.

Running compartments simultaneously (the resultswill be printed out at the end ofthe longest analysis):

Running each compartment one by one:

To go back to the loading menu:

Type in the barcode and start over.

click

click

click

1. Click on the ERR compartment in the VIDAS® statusbar.

2. To correct an error (e.g. wrong barcode).

3. In the case of other errors (MLE card, instruments,etc.), select them for more details, make anynecessary corrections, and delete them by clickingon:

click

1110

View a Result Instrument Menu

click

click

click

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

stop it immediately,

reset it,

reconnect it following a check.

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

display tests contained in eachloaded compartment.

view the error menu.

disconnect it for checking or servicingfollowing a technical problem,

Enter the end date and duration of the interval,

Refresh the list view,

Then confirm.

To reprint a result, select it,

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

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

Modify (e.g. dilution)

2. Select the Instrument Menu

1. click

3. Icons in the Instrument Menu

3.1

3.2

3.3

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VIDAS PCAnalysis request

Reserve

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Job List200 max.

Reserve acompartment

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PredefinedSection20 x 6 max.

AVAIL EMERG.

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from diagnosis, the seeds of better health

VIDAS PCQuick Guide

bioMérieux sa69280 Marcy l’EtoileFranceTel. : (33) 04 78 87 20 00Fax : (33) 04 78 87 20 90

www.biomerieux.com01-0

5 / 0

08G

B990

69B

/ Thi

s doc

umen

t is n

ot le

gally

bin

ding

. bio

Mér

ieux r

eser

ves t

he ri

ght t

o m

odify

spec

ificat

ions

with

out n

otice

. bio

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ieux,

the

blue

logo

and

VID

AS a

re re

giste

red

and

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d tra

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arks

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ngin

g to

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