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ARCHITECT System Operations Manual (i 2000, i2000SR, c 8000, ci 8200, c 16000, ci 16200)

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Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL 60064

1998, 2007 Abbott Laboratories ARCHITECT is a registered trademark of Abbott Laboratories Patents Pending

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Read me first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Read me-1Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-3 Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-4 Proprietary statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-5 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-6 ARCHITECT c System warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-7 ARCHITECT i System warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-8 Abbott warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-9 Agency approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-10 Trademark statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-11 System labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read me-13

System documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-1Printed documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-2 Organization of the printed operations manual . System documentation-2 Conventions for the printed documentation . . . System documentation-4 Online documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-6 Conventions for the online documentation . . . . System documentation-8 Help window descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-10 Help window toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-12 Help window topic pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-13 Help window navigation pane (online operations manual) . . . . System documentation-14 Contents tab (online operations manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-15 Organization of the online operations manual . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-17 Index tab (online operations manual) . . System documentation-18 Search tab (online operations manual) . System documentation-19 Favorites tab (online operations manual)System documentation-20 Procedure map description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-21 Task lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-22 Online documentation use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-24 Tips for using the online documentation . . . . . System documentation-24 Procedures for using the online documentation System documentation-26Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Access the online operations manual . . . . . System documentation-27 Access Help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-28 Display and use the procedure map . . . . . . System documentation-29 Use the table of contents (online operations manual) . . . . . . . . System documentation-30 Page through the content (online operations manual) . . . . . . . System documentation-30 Use the index (online operations manual) . System documentation-31 Search for a term (online operations manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-32 Perform an advanced search (online operations manual) . . . . . System documentation-33 Boolean operators description . . . . . . . . System documentation-37 Nested expressions description . . . . . . . System documentation-37 Wildcard expressions description . . . . . System documentation-38 Use the glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-38 Scroll through a topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-39 Display related information . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-39 Redisplay a topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-40 Display a favorite topic (online operations manual) . . . . . . . . . System documentation-40 Play videos and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-41 Print topics from the online documentationSystem documentation-41 Close the help window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System documentation-43 Resize and move the help window . . . . . . . System documentation-43 Add or remove a favorite topic (online operations manual) . . . System documentation-44 Rename a favorite topic (online operations manual) . . . . . . . . . System documentation-45

Use or function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1ARCHITECT System overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Primary components of an ARCHITECT System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 ARCHITECT integrated system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 ARCHITECT c 8000 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 ARCHITECT c 16000 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 ARCHITECT i 2000 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 ARCHITECT i 2000SR System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 System control center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

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SCC standard components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Network hub and CPU back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 SCC optional components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 ARCHITECT System software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Software interface description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Icons and menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Function bar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Software navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Snapshot screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Access the Snapshot screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Window - Snapshot screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Log on window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 User logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Log on (general operator). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 Log on (system administrator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Change the system administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Log off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 Processing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 Processing module (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 c 8000 processing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 c 16000 processing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 Processing module keypad (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29 Processing center (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31 Sample hardware components (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31 Sample carousel (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 Sample pipettor and sample probe wash cup (c 8000). . . . . 1-33 Reagent hardware components (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34 Reagent supply centers (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35 Reagent pipettors and wash cups (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37 Onboard solution areas (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38 Reaction carousel hardware components (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Reaction carousel (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 Cuvette segments (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Lamp (c 8000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-42 Mixer unit (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-42 Cuvette washer (c 8000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-43 ICT unit (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44 Water bath/waste overflow area (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45 Supply and pump center (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-46 Pump center (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Bulk solution supply center (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-49 Sample and reagent syringe area (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-49 Processing center (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-50 Sample hardware components (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-51 Sample carousel (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-52 Sample pipettor and sample probe wash cup (c 16000) . . . 1-53 Reagent hardware components (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-54 Reagent supply centers (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-55 Reagent pipettors and wash cups (c 16000). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-57 Onboard solution areas (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-58 Reaction carousel hardware components (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . 1-58 Reaction carousel (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-59 Cuvette segments (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-60 Lamp (c 16000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-61 Mixer unit (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-61 Cuvette washer (c 16000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-62 ICT unit (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-63 Water bath/waste overflow area (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-64 Supply and pump centers (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-66 Pump centers (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-66 Bulk solution supply center (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-68 Sample and reagent syringe area (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-69 Optional components (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-70 Processing modules (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-71 i 2000 processing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-71 i 2000SR processing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-75 Processing module keypad (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-77 Processing center (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-78 Processing center map (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-79 Sample hardware components (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-80Table of contents-4Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Sample and STAT pipettors (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-81 Sample and STAT syringes (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-82 Sample and STAT wash stations (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . 1-83 Reagent hardware components (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . 1-84 Reagent carousel and bar code reader (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . 1-85 Reagent pipettors (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-86 Reagent syringes (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-87 Reagent wash stations (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88 Process path hardware components (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . 1-89 Load diverter (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-91 RV access door (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-91 RV loader and hopper assembly (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . 1-92 STAT diverter (i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-92 Vortexers (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-93 Wash zone diverter (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-94 Wash zone manifolds (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-94 Process path drive motor (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-95 Pre-trigger/trigger manifold (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . 1-96 CMIA reader (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-96 Liquid waste arm (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-97 RV unloader (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-98 Supply and waste center (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-98 Pre-trigger/trigger storage area (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-99 Pre-trigger/trigger tray (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-100 Pre-trigger level sensor (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-101 Trigger level sensor (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-102 Wash buffer storage area (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-103 Wash buffer reservoir (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-104 Wash buffer level sensor and wash buffer inlet assembly (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-105 Wash buffer filter (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-106 Solid waste storage area (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-107 Waste chute and trap door (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . 1-108 Optional components (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-109 ARM optional accessory (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-109 ARM keypad (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-111 ARM connectors (i System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-113


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Sample handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-115 RSH - robotic sample handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-115 Priority bay (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-116 Routine bay (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-117 Carrier transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-119 Carrier positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-119 RSH keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-120 SSH - standard sample handler (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-121 SSH keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-122 LAS carousel sample handler (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-123 LAS carousel sample handler keypad (i 2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-124 Required consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-126 ARCHITECT System consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-126 Sample cups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-126 ARCHITECT c System consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-126 Reagent kits and components (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-127 Reagent labels (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-127 Reagent cartridges (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-128 Calibrators (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-129 ICT module (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-130 ICT calibrators (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-131 ICT cleaning fluid (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-132 Bulk solutions (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-132 ICT reference solution (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-133 Alkaline wash (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-134 Acid wash (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-135 Onboard solutions (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 Water bath additive (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 ARCHITECT i System consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-138 Reagent kits and components (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-138 Reagent labels (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-139 Septums and replacement caps (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-140 Single constituent controls (i System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Multiconstituent controls (i System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Calibrators (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-142 Bulk solutions (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-143 Pre-trigger solution (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-143Table of contents-6Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Trigger solution (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-144 Concentrated wash buffer (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-145 Reaction vessels (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-146 Required accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-147 Sample carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-147 Carrier trays (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-148 LAS sample carousel (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-148 Reagent segments (c 8000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-149 Reagent cartridge adapters (c 8000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-151 Reagent segments (c 16000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-153 Reagent cartridge adapters (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-154 System statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-156 Sample handler status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-156 RSH status types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-157 SSH status types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-158 LAS carousel sample handler status types (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-159 Processing module status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-160 Processing module status types (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-161 Processing module status types (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-164 Automatic processing module activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-166 System flush (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-166 System flush (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 System prime (i System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-168 Processing module wash (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-168 Automatic rotation of reagent supply center(s) (c System) . . . . . . . . . 1-168

Installation procedures and special requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1System installation or relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 System installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 System checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 System relocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 System configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Configuration screen - System settings view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Access the Configuration screen - System settings view . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Procedures - Configuration screen - System settings view . . . . . . . . 2-6 Configuring system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Configure host interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Configure report settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Configure a QC run definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Viewing system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 View the batch sample ordering type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 View average number of tests per sample setting (multi-module i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 View the host communication settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 View the automatic report printing setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 View the option for printing flags on reports . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 View the report header text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 View the system low alert setting for reagent kits. . . . . . . . 2-14 View the system language setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 View the screen timeout setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 View the date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 View the sample bar code settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 View the LIS serial port settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 View the LAS serial port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 View the onboard solution options (c System) . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 View the wash buffer transfer option (i System) . . . . . . . . . 2-18 View the LAS timeout setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 View the STAT protocol percentage (i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 View the option for running controls for onboard reagent kits . 2-20 Changing system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Change the batch sample ordering type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Change the automatic report printing settings . . . . . . . . . . 2-22 Change the option for printing flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23 Change the report header text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 Change the system low alert setting for reagent kits . . . . . 2-24 Change the system language setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25 Change the screen timeout setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26 Change the date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27 Change automatic repositioning for retest setting (RSH) . . 2-28 Change the sample bar code settings for codabar . . . . . . . . 2-28 Change the sample bar code settings for code 39 . . . . . . . . 2-29 Change the sample bar code settings for I 2 of 5 . . . . . . . . 2-30 Change the LIS serial port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31 Change the LAS serial port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

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Change the onboard solution options (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . 2-33 Change the onboard solution options (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . 2-34 Optimize throughput on a multi-module i System . . . . . . . 2-35 Change the LAS timeout settings and reinitialize communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35 Change the STAT protocol percentage (i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . 2-36 Change the option for running controls for onboard reagent kits 2-37 Windows - Configuration screen - System settings view . . . . . . . . 2-38 Configure sample ordering window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 Details for sample ordering window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 Configure host - release mode window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40 Details for host - release mode window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41 Configure reports printing window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42 Details for reports printing window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43 Configure reagents - supplies window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44 Details for reagents - supplies window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Configure password window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 Details for password window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48 Configure system control center window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48 Details for system control center window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49 Configure modules window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50 Details for modules window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Configure modules window (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52 Details for modules window (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53 Configure modules window (i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54 Details for modules window (i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55 Configure sample handler window (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56 Details for sample handler window (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57 Details for sample handler window (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58 Configure sample handler window (LAS - standard). . . . . . . . . 2-59 Details for sample handler window (LAS - standard) . . . . . . . . 2-60 Details for sample handler window (LAS - Hitachi) . . . . . . . . . 2-61 Configure bar codes window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62 Details for bar codes window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63 Configure serial ports window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64 Details for serial ports window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65


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Configuration screen - Assay settings view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65 Configuration screen - Assay settings - Assay parameters view . . . 2-65 Access the Configuration screen - Assay settings - Assay parameters view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67 Configuration screen - Assay settings - New assay view . . . . . . . . . 2-67 Access the Configuration screen - Assay settings - New assay view . 2-68 Import assay window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69 Export assay window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70 Procedures - Configuration screen - Assay settings view . . . . . . . . 2-70 Configuring Abbott assays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70 Configure normal and extreme ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71 Configure patient and QC panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-72 Configure a retest rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-73 Configure result units and decimal places . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75 Configure the default dilution setting (photometric - c System) 2-76 Enter a calibrator concentration (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-77 Configure a calibration adjustment type and interval (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78 Configure interpretation options (c System and calculated) 2-79 Configure the default dilution setting (i System) . . . . . . . . 2-82 Configuring user-defined assays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-83 Configure a calculated assay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84 Configure a photometric assay (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-88 Configure the SmartWash settings (c System). . . . . . . . . . . 2-90 Configure a user-defined sample diluent (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-92 Configure a user-defined reagent (photometric - c System) 2-93 Configure a user-defined reagent kit (photometric - c System). . 2-94 Configure a reagent kit for a user-defined sample diluent (photometric - c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-95 Viewing assay settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-97 View assay parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-98 View assay availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-98 View the normal and extreme result range settings . . . . . . 2-99 View the patient and QC panel definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-100 View the assay retest rule settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-100Table of contents-10Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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View the default dilution setting (photometric - c System)2-101 View the calibrator concentration settings (c System). . . . 2-102 View the default calibration ordering type (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-102 View the linearity range settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-103 View the correlation factor and intercept settings (c System) . . 2-104 View the reagent-specific low alert setting (c System) . . . . 2-105 View the last required read setting (photometric - c System) . . 2-105 View the default dilution setting (i System). . . . . . . . . . . . 2-106 Changing assay configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-107 Change the name of an assay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-108 Change the availability of an assay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-109 Change normal and extreme ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-110 Change a patient or QC panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-111 Delete a patient or QC panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-111 Add an assay to a retest rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-112 Remove an assay from a retest rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-113 Delete a retest rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-114 Change a linearity range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-115 Change the last required read setting (photometric - c System) 2-116 Change the default dilution setting (photometric - c System) . 2-117 Change default calibration type (photometric - c System) 2-118 Change the correlation factor and intercept settings (c System) 2-119 Delete a calibrator set (photometric - c System). . . . . . . . . 2-120 Change the reagent-specific low alert setting (c System). . 2-121 Delete a reagent (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-122 Delete a reagent kit (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-123 Change the default dilution setting (i System) . . . . . . . . . 2-124 Change interpretation settings (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-125 Change the result units setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-126 Printing assay parameter reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-127 Windows - Configuration screen - Assay settings view . . . . . . . . . 2-127 Configure assay parameters window - General view (i System) . . . 2-129Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Details for assay parameters window - General view (i System) . . . . 2-130 Configure assay parameters window - General view (calculated). . . 2-131 Details for assay parameters window - General view (calculated) . . 2-132 Configure assay parameters window - General - Reaction definition view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-133 Details for assay parameters window - General - Reaction definition view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-134 Configure assay parameters window - General - Reagent / Sample view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-135 Details for assay parameters window - General - Reagent / Sample view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-136 Configure assay parameters window - General - Validity checks view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-137 Details for assay parameters window - General - Validity checks view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-138 Configure assay parameters window - General - ICT view . . . 2-139 Details for assay parameters window - General - ICT view . . . 2-140 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration view (i System) . 2-141 Details for assay parameters window - Calibration view (i System) . 2-142 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration - Calibrators view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-143 Details for assay parameters window - Calibration - Calibrators view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-144 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration - Volumes view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-145 Details for assay parameters window - Calibration - Volumes view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-146 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration - Intervals view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-147 Details for assay parameters window - Calibration - Intervals view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration - Validity checks view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-149 Details for assay parameters window - Calibration - Validity checks view (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-150 Configure assay parameters window - Calibration - ICT view (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-151Table of contents-12Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Details for assay parameters window - Calibration - ICT view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-152 Configure assay parameters window - Dilution view (i System) . . . 2-153 Details for assay parameters window - Dilution view (i System). . . 2-154 Configure assay parameters window - SmartWash view (c System) 2-155 Add / edit SmartWash window - Rgt 1 probe view (c System). 2-156 Add / edit SmartWash window - Sample probe view (c System) . . . 2-157 Add / edit SmartWash window - Cuvette view (c System) . . . 2-158 Details for assay parameters window - SmartWash view (c System) 2-158 Configure assay parameters window - Results view. . . . . . . . . 2-159 Configure results parameters window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-160 Details for assay parameters window - Results view . . . . . . . . 2-161 Configure assay parameters window - Interpretation view . . . 2-162 Details for assay parameters window - Interpretation view. . . 2-163 Configure reagent (CC reagent settings) window - Abbott assay view 2-164 Details for reagent (CC reagent settings) window - Abbott assay view 2-165 Configure reagent (CC reagent settings) window - user-defined assay view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-165 Details for reagent (CC reagent settings) window - user-defined assay view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-166 Configure result units window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-167 Details for result units window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-168 Configure panel definitions window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169 Details for panel definition window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169 Configure assay retest rules window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170 Add / edit assay retest rules window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-171 Select assay window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-172 Details for assay retest rules window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-173 Configuration screen - QC - Cal settings view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-174 Access the Configuration screen - QC - Cal settings view. . . . . . . 2-175 Procedures - Configuration screen - QC - Cal settings view . . . . . 2-176 Configuring QC - Cal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-176



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Configure a new single analyte control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-176 Configure a bar code for a single analyte control level. . . 2-178 Configure a new multiconstituent control . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-179 Configure a multiconstituent bar code SID. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-180 Configure a Westgard rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-181 Configure a calibrator set (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-182 Viewing QC - Cal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-183 View single analyte control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-183 View multiconstituent control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-184 View multiconstituent bar code SID settings . . . . . . . . . . 2-185 View Westgard rule(s) settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-185 View settings for a calibrator set (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . 2-186 Changing QC - Cal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-186 Add a lot to a single analyte control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-187 Change single analyte control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-188 Delete a single analyte control level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-189 Change the default dilution for a single analyte control level . . 2-190 Add an assay to a multiconstituent control . . . . . . . . . . . 2-191 Change multiconstituent control settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-193 Add an assay to a multiconstituent bar code SID . . . . . . . 2-194 Change multiconstituent bar code SID settings . . . . . . . . 2-195 Delete a multiconstituent bar code SID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-195 Delete a multiconstituent control level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-196 Change Westgard rule settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-197 Windows - Configuration screen - QC - Cal settings view . . . . . . 2-198 Configure single analyte window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-198 Details for single analyte window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-199 Configure multiconstituent control window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-200 Define data window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-201 Details for multiconstituent control window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-202 Configure multiconstituent bar code SID window . . . . . . . . . 2-203 Details for multiconstituent bar code SID window. . . . . . . . . 2-204 Configure Westgard window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-205 Details for Westgard window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-206 Configure calibrator set window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-207 Details for calibrator set window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-208



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Software installation and backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-209 Utilities screen - Software install view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-209 Access the Utilities screen - Software install view . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-210 Procedure - Utilities screen - Software install view . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-210 View the system software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-210 Utilities screen - Backup software view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-211 Access the Utilities screen - Backup software view . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-212 Procedure - Utilities screen - Backup view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-212 Create a system software backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-212 Windows - Utilities screen - Backup view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-213 Create backup window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-213 Assay file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-214 Install or delete an assay file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-214 Import an assay file (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-215 Export an assay file (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-216 Maintenance and diagnostic file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-218 Install or delete a maintenance or diagnostic procedure file . . . . . . . 2-218

Principles of operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1c System principles of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Photometric method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Photometric technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 End-point assay reactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Rate assay reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Optical measurements (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Optical system and measurement sequence (c System). . . . . . . . 3-4 Data reduction calculation (photometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Potentiometric method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Integrated chip technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 ICT measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 ICT reference solution and sample delivery/processing . . . . . . . 3-7 Measurement by the ICT module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Data reduction calculation (potentiometric - c System) . . . . . . 3-12 Assay processing (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Assay processing for a one-reagent protocol (c System) . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Assay processing for a two-reagent protocol (c System) . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Assay processing for a dilution protocol (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Assay processing for an ICT protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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SmartWash feature (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 OSS feature (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 Sample interference indices (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 Sample interference indices protocols (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21 Sample interference indices measurement (c System) . . . . . . . . . . 3-22 i System principles of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 CMIA method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 CMIA technology and reaction sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 Optical measurements (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27 Optical system and measurement sequence (i System). . . . . . . 3-27 Data reduction calculation (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29 Assay processing (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29 Assay processing for One step 25 (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Assay processing for Two step 18-4 (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33 Pretreatment (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36 Processing for Pretreatment 7 (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37 Processing for Pretreatment 7-7 (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37 Processing for Pretreatment 14 (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38 STAT assay processing for One step 11 (i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38 STAT assay processing for Two step 4-4 (i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

Performance characteristics and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1Performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 c System performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 i System performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Specifications and requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 ARCHITECT System specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 c System processing module specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 i System processing module specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 System capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 SCC onboard data storage capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 c System processing module capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 i System processing module capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Sample handler capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Physical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Weight and force specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 System clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15Table of contents-16Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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SCC clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 c System processing module with RSH clearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 c System processing module with LAS clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 i System processing module with RSH clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 i 2000 processing module with SSH clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 i 2000 processing module with LAS carousel sample handler clearances 4-18 i 2000SR processing module with LAS clearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 Electrical specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 SCC electrical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 c System processing module with sample handler electrical specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 i System processing module with sample handler electrical specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 Electrical safety parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Optical specifications (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Water and liquid waste specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 c System processing module water and liquid waste specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 i System processing module water and liquid waste requirements. 4-24 External waste pump specifications and requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 External waste pump general specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 External waste pump electrical specifications and requirements . . 4-25 External waste pump clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25 Environmental specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Computer and interface specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Printer specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27 Printer general specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27 Printer electrical specifications and requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 Bar code label requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 1D reagent bar code requirements (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 1D reagent bar code label guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29 1D reagent bar code label data format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 1D reagent bar code label placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 Sample bar code label requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 Sample bar code label guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33 Sample ID (identification) length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Sample bar code label length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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Sample bar code label placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 ARM specifications and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 ARM physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 ARM clearance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37 ARM electrical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38 ARM electrical safety parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38 ARM water source requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39 ARM environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39

Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1System startup, pause, and shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 SCC power off and power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Power on the SCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Power off the SCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Cycle power to the SCC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Processing module and sample handler cycle power, startup, and pause . . 5-6 Power on the processing module and/or sample handler . . . . . . . . 5-7 Power off the processing module and/or sample handler . . . . . . . . 5-9 Cycle power to the processing module and/or sample handler . . . 5-12 Start up the processing module and/or sample handler. . . . . . . . . 5-13 Pause the processing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Pause the RSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15 Pause the sample carousel (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Pause the sample load queue (SSH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Pause the LAS carousel sample handler (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 ARM power off and power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Power off the ARM (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Power on and initialize the ARM (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Emergency shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Perform an emergency shutdown on a single module system . . . . 5-21 Perform an emergency shutdown on a multi-module system . . . . 5-22 Long-term shutdown (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23 Consumable inventory management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Supply status screen and views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Supply status screen - c System view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Access the Supply status screen - c System view . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27 Supply status screen - i 2000/i 2000SR view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27Table of contents-18Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Access the Supply status screen - i 2000/i 2000SR view . . . . . . . 5-29 Windows - Supply status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29 Update supplies window - c System view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29 Update supplies window - i 2000/i 2000SR view. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 ARCHITECT System procedures - consumable inventory management . . 5-31 Verify supply and waste inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32 c System procedures - consumable inventory management . . . . . . . . . 5-32 Replace bulk solutions and update inventory (c System) . . . . . . . . 5-33 Prepare 0.5% acid wash solution (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35 Prepare detergent A (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37 Prepare 10% detergent B solution (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38 Replace onboard solutions in the reagent supply centers and update inventory (c 8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 Replace onboard solutions in the reagent supply centers and update inventory (c 16000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41 Replace onboard solutions in the sample carousel and update inventory (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44 Empty the high-concentration waste bottle (c System) . . . . . . . . . 5-45 i 2000/i 2000SR procedures - consumable inventory management . . . . 5-46 Remove solid waste and update inventory (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . 5-47 Replenish RVs and update inventory (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . 5-49 Prepare wash buffer (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51 Replenish wash buffer manually and update inventory (i 2000/i 2000SR) 5-52 Replace concentrated wash buffer on the ARM (i System) . . . . . . . 5-55 Replace pre-trigger and/or trigger solution and update inventory (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57 Initiate wash buffer transfer from the ARM (i System) . . . . . . . . . . 5-60 Reagent inventory management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 Reagent status screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 Reagent status screen - c System view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 Access the Reagent status screen - c System view . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64 Reagent status screen - i 2000/i 2000SR view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64 Access the Reagent status screen - i 2000/i 2000SR view. . . . . . . 5-66 Reagent status screen - View all view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67 Access the Reagent status screen - View all view . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69 Descriptions of reagent statuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69



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Windows - Reagent status screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70 Details for reagent (Reagent status) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71 Assign location window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72 Find options (Reagent status) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73 Find options (Reagent status - View all or Reagent history) window 5-74 Reagent history screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75 Access the Reagent history screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77 Window - Reagent history screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77 Details for reagent (history) window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77 ARCHITECT System procedures - Reagent inventory management . . 5-79 Verify reagent inventory on a single module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79 Verify reagent inventory on all modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80 Find a specific reagent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81 View reagent details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82 View reagent history details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83 Scan the reagent carousel(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 c System procedures - reagent inventory management . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 Load bar coded reagents (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85 Loading requirements for the reagent supply centers (c System) . . 5-87 Load sample diluent(s) (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-88 Load non-bar coded reagents (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91 Replace sample diluent(s) (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93 Replace non-bar coded reagents (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96 Unload bar coded reagents (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98 Unload non-bar coded reagents (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-100 i 2000/i 2000SR procedures - reagent inventory management . . . . . . 5-102 Prepare new reagent bottles (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102 Prepare used reagent bottles (i 2000/i 2000SR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105 Load reagents (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 Unload reagents (i 2000/i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108 Patient and control orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110 Automated ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110 Host computer download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110 Host order query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-111 Automated control ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-111 Auto retest (patient samples). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112



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Patient order screens and views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-113 Patient order screen - Single patient view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-113 Access the Patient order screen - Single patient view . . . . . . . 5-114 Patient order screen - Batch (bar coded) view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-115 Access the Patient order screen - Batch (bar coded) view . . . . 5-116 Patient order screen - Batch (non-bar coded) view . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116 Access the Patient order screen - Batch (non-bar coded) view 5-117 Procedures - Patient order screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118 Create a patient order (single order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118 Create a patient order (batch, bar coded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121 Create a patient order (batch, non-bar coded) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-125 Add a test to a patient order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128 Windows - Patient order screen and views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131 Assay options (Patient order) window - manual dilution view 5-131 Assay options (Patient order) window - automated dilution view . 5-132 Details for sample window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133 Details for batch window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133 Control order screen and views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134 Control order screen - Single analyte view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135 Access the Control order screen - Single analyte view. . . . . . . 5-136 Control order screen - Multiconstituent view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137 Access the Control order screen - Multiconstituent view . . . . 5-138 Procedures - Control order screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-139 Create a control order (single analyte). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-139 Create a control order (single analyte - i 2000SR LAS) . . . . . . . 5-141 Create a control order (multiconstituent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143 Create a control order (multiconstituent - i 2000SR LAS). . . . . 5-146 Windows - Control order screen and views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148 Assay options (Control order) window - manual dilution view . . . 5-149 Assay options (Control order) window - automated dilution view. 5-149 Order status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150 Access the Order status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152 Descriptions of test statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152 Descriptions of processing codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153 Procedures - Order status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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View the status of ordered tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154 Find a specific test order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-155 View order or rerun status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-156 Add a comment to an order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157 Delete a test from a patient order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-158 Windows - Order status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-158 Find options (Order status/Rerun status) window . . . . . . . . . 5-158 Details for order (Order status/Rerun status) window - single order view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159 Details for order (Order status) window - batch (bar coded) view . . 5-160 Details for order (Order status) window - batch (non-bar coded) view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-161 Sample status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-162 Access the Sample status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164 Procedures - Sample status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165 View sample status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165 Find a specific sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-166 View sample status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-167 Windows - Sample status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-168 Find options (Sample status) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-168 Sample management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-170 Sample requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-170 Sample cup and/or tube requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-170 Sample volume requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172 Sample cup volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172 Primary tube volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173 Aliquot tube volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174 Sample gauge label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174 Onboard sample storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-175 Sample integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176 Loading samples (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176 Load samples in sample carriers (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176 Load samples for routine processing (RSH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-179 Load samples for priority processing (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-181 Load bar coded samples for batch processing (RSH). . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 Load non-bar coded samples for batch processing (RSH). . . . . . . 5-185 Loading samples (sample carousel - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188Table of contents-22Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Load samples and initiate sample processing (sample carousel - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188 Loading samples (SSH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-191 Load samples in sample carriers (SSH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192 Load samples for routine processing (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-194 Double load queue lane defaults (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-196 Load samples for priority processing (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-197 Load bar coded samples for batch processing (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . 5-198 Load non-bar coded samples for batch processing (SSH) . . . . . . . 5-201 Loading samples (LAS carousel sample handler - i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . 5-203 Load samples and the carousel (LAS carousel sample handler - i 2000) 5-203 Initiating or resuming sample processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-205 Initiate or resume sample processing (RSH and SSH) . . . . . . . . . . 5-206 Initiate or resume sample processing (LAS carousel sample handler - i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-207 Sample processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-207 Control sample processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-208 RSH sample processing (ci System, c System, i 2000SR) . . . . . . . . . 5-208 Sample carousel sample processing (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-210 SSH sample processing (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-211 LAS sample handler sample processing (i 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-213 Batch processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-215 Unloading samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-215 Unload samples (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-216 Access a sample with tests in process (RSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-217 Unload samples (sample carousel - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-218 Unload samples (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-219 Unload samples (LAS carousel sample handler) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-220 Patient and QC results review, rerun, and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-222 Patient results review and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-222 Results review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-222 Access the Results review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-224 Descriptions of patient result flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-225 Procedures - Results review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-226 View all patient results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-226 Find a specific patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-227 View patient result details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-228Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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Add a comment to a patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-229 View the reaction graph and absorbance data for a result (c System) 5-230 Rerun a test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-231 Delete a patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-233 Release a patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-234 Windows - Results review screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-235 Find options (Results review) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-235 Details for result (Results review) window - calculated view . 5-236 Details for result (Results review) window - data view (c System) . . 5-237 Details for result (Results review) window - photometric - graph view (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-238 Details for result (Results review) window - sample interference index view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-239 Details for result (Results review) window (i System) . . . . . . . 5-240 Rerun options window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-241 Edit result window (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-242 QC result review and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-242 QC result review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-243 Access the QC result review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-245 Descriptions of quality control result flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-245 Procedures - QC result review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-246 View all control results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-247 Find a specific control result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-247 View control result details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-248 Add a comment to a control result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-249 Release a control result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-250 Windows - QC result review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-251 Find options (QC result review) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-251 Details for QC result (QC result review) window - data view (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-252 Details for QC result (QC result review) window - photometric graph view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-253 Details for QC result (QC result review) window (i System) . . 5-254 Details for QC result (QC result review) window - Calculated view . 5-255 Rerun options (QC result review) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-256 Patient results, QC results, and exceptions rerun review . . . . . . . . . . 5-257Table of contents-24Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Rerun status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-257 Access the Rerun status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-259 Procedures - Rerun status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-260 View the status of tests scheduled for rerun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-260 Delete a test from a rerun order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-261 Patient and QC stored results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-262 Patient stored results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-262 Stored results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-262 Access the Stored results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-264 Procedures - Stored results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-264 View all stored patient results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-265 Find a specific stored patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-265 View stored patient results details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-266 Retransmit a stored patient result to the host . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-267 Cancel result transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-268 Delete a stored patient result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-269 Archive stored patient results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-269 Descriptions of archive messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-271 Windows - Stored results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-271 Find options (Stored results) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-272 Details for result (Stored results) window - calculated view . . 5-273 Details for result (Stored results) window - data view (c System) . . 5-273 Details for result (Stored results) window - photometric - graph view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-274 Details for result (Stored results) window - sample interference index view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-275 Details for result (Stored results) window (i System) . . . . . . . . 5-276 Archive results window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-277 Stored QC results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-278 Stored QC results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-278 Access the Stored QC results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-280 Procedures - Stored QC results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-281 View all stored control results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-281 Find a specific stored control result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-282 View stored control result details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-283 Retransmit a stored control result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-284 Archive stored control results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-284Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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Windows - Stored QC results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-286 Find options (Stored QC results) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-286 Details for QC result (Stored QC results) window - data view (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-287 Details for QC result (Stored QC results) window - photometric graph view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-288 Details for QC result (Stored QC results) window (i System) . 5-289 Details for QC result (Stored QC results) window - calculated view. 5-290 Archive QC results window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-291 Exception management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-293 Exception status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-293 Access the Exception status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-295 Procedures - Exception status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-295 View all exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-296 Find a specific exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-296 View exception details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-297 Add a comment to an exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-298 Transmit an exception to the host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-299 Delete an exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-299 Windows - Exception status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-300 Find options (Exception status) window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-300 Details for exceptions window - data view (c System) . . . . . . 5-301 Details for exceptions window - photometric - graph view (c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-302 Details for exceptions window (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-303 Details for exceptions window - calculated view . . . . . . . . . . 5-304 Details for exceptions window - control view. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-305 Details for exceptions window - calculated control view . . . . 5-306 Details for exceptions window - calibrator view . . . . . . . . . . . 5-307 Quality control analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-309 Westgard rule application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-309 Westgard rule descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-310 Westgard rule run descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-311 Levey-Jennings graph screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-312 Procedures - Levey-Jennings graph screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-314 Create a Levey-Jennings graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-315 Change a Levey-Jennings graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-316Table of contents-26Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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Display the value for a Levey-Jennings point . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-318 Exclude or include a Levey-Jennings point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-318 View details for a Levey-Jennings point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-319 Add a comment to a Levey-Jennings point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-320 Recalculate Westgard analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-320 Windows - Levey-Jennings graph screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-321 QC selection window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-321 Point detail window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-322 QC summary review screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-323 Procedures - QC summary review screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-325 View QC data summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-326 Find the summary for specific QC data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-326 View QC data details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-327 View an assay control level Levey-Jennings graph . . . . . . . . . 5-328 Windows - QC summary review screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-328 Find options (QC summary review) window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-328 Details for QC summary window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-329 QC reports screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-330 Access the QC reports screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-331 Report printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-333 Print a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-333 Print the Order List report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-336 Print the Levey-Jennings report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-337 Print the QC Analysis report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-337 Print the QC Summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-338 Print a Maintenance History report for a specified month. . . . . . . . . 5-339 Print a Maintenance History report for a specific procedure . . . . . . . 5-340 Print a Procedure report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-341 Print the Message History Log report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-342 Print an Assay Parameter report for specified assays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-342 Print an Assay Parameter report for all assays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-343 View a print job in the print queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-344 Delete a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-345 Print a screen image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-345 Windows - Report printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-346 Print options window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-346 Printer window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-347Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual


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Calibration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1Assay calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Calibration guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Mandatory assay calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Optional assay calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Calibration sampling rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Calibration methods (photometric - c System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Calibration method (potentiometric - c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Calibration methods (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Calibration types (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Full calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Adjustment calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Blank adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 1-point adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 2-point adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Calibration types (i System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Adjust calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Full calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Index calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Calibration curve storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Active calibration curve storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Inactive calibration curve storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Failed calibration curve storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Calibration order screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Access the Calibration order screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 Procedure - Calibration order screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 Create a calibration order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 Window - Calibration order screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 Assay options (Calibration order) window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 Calibration review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 Calibration verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 Calibration status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15 Access the Calibration status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17 Descriptions of calibration statuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17 Windows - Calibration status screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Find options (Calibration status) window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 Calibration curve window - factor, linear, and non-linear assayTable of contents-28Abbott ARCHITECT System Operations Manual

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views (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 Calibration curve window - use cal factor/blank assay view (c System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 Calibration curve window - potentiometric assay view (c System) . 6-21 Calibration curve window - adjust assay view (i System) . . . . . 6-22 Calibration curve window - index assay view (i System). . . . . . 6-23 Calibration curve window - full assay view (i System) . . . .

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