Roche cobas u 601 Short Guide

Brand: Roche

Model: cobas u 601

Type: Short Guide

Roche cobas u 601 urine analyzer: a user-friendly and automated system for rapid and accurate urinalysis. It features automatic sample loading, barcode scanning, and result validation, ensuring efficient and reliable testing. With customizable settings, comprehensive data management, and the ability to connect to external devices, the cobas u 601 streamlines workflow and enhances laboratory productivity.

cobas u 601 urine analyzer

Quick Reference Guide

Starting the analyzer

Logging on

Preparing the analyzer

Ensure that all covers are closed.

Power on the analyzer.

Wait until the Overview work area is displayed.

This may take a few minutes.

On the Overview work area, choose the Log on button.

A dialog box is displayed.

Enter your user name and password.

Choose the Log on button.

Your name is now displayed in the global information area.

On the Overview work area, check the task indicator.

Address any red and orange items.

Check the water container.

(1)

If it is not full, start the appropriate wizard and fill it.

Check the liquid waste container.

(1)

If it is not empty, start the appropriate wizard and empty it.

Check the test strip cassette.

If it is nearly empty, ensure that there is a new one available for when the old

one needs to be replaced.

(1) If you work with external water supply, this step is not required.

Defining orders

Loading samples and racks

Start testing

The orders are defined automatically when the rack and tubes have passed the

barcode reader.

o Ensure that the sample barcodes point towards that long side of the rack

where the rack barcode is affixed.

o Ensure that the rack barcodes point outwards and towards the back of the

analyzer when placed on the input buffer.

The analyzer detects the presence of the rack tray or of individual racks in the

priority and single rack slots and moves a rack onto the rack conveyor.

(If you work with an input connection unit, you do not need to load racks

manually, it is done automatically.)

Testing starts automatically.

Monitoring the analyzer

Validating results

On the Overview work area, check the task indicator and the task list.

Address all red or orange items in the task list.

Choose a task button.

If the message list is displayed, choose a message, check the details, and

follow the on-screen instructions.

If another panel is displayed, for example the supplies panel, perform the

appropriate task, usually a wizard is available.

Red Issues that require immediate operator intervention.

Orange Issues that require early operator intervention, operation may

otherwise stop.

Gray Messages that inform about the status of ongoing tasks. If

operator intervention is required, perform it.

Light gray There are no issues of the associated severity.

The number in a button tells you how many tasks of this

severity there are.

Choose Routine > Manage test results, if required.

Select a result in the list and check for data alarms and the range graphics.

Green: negative

Yellow: positive (low pathological)

Red: positive (pathological)

If you work with patient demographics you can assign a patient to each

result. Choose the No patient assigned button.

Choose the Validate or Rerun button as required.

You can set up the analyzer to automatically accept all results or to exclude

results from automatic validation if they have certain data alarms associated

with them. You can also choose to validate all results manually.

(Automatic validation is never applied if the sample barcode could not be read

or if there already exists an order for this result.)

Printing and exporting results

Clearing the output buffer

Performing end of shift maintenance and shutting down the analyzer

To print selected or all results, choose Routine > Manage test results.

In the result list, select the check box of all results that you want to print or

save to a PDF file.

Choose the Report button.

Choose whether to print the results or save them to a file.

Choose the Yes button.

To print the results of selected patients, choose Routine > Manage patients.

In the patient list, select the check box of all patients whose results you want

to print or save to a PDF file.

Choose the Report button.

Choose whether to print the results or save them to a file.

Choose the Yes button.

Remove the rack tray and replace it with an empty one.

If the next shift does not follow immediately after, perform the following tasks:

Archive the results according to your laboratory procedures, if required.

Empty the liquid and solid waste containers.

(1)

Perform the daily wash action and shut down the system.

Clean the input and output buffers.

Clean the rack conveyors.

Clean the test strip tray, test strip transporter, and the test strip pipetting

area.

Clean the probe bend detector.

Remove spills and soiling from the analyzer housing.

(1) If you work with external water supply, you do not have to empty the liquid waste container,

because the liquid waste is led directly to the laboratory waste system.

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Roche cobas u 601 Short Guide

Roche cobas u 601 Short Guide

Roche cobas u 601 Short Guide

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