If required, select User ID,

if not press

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Select Start

GCS / IMMUNOASSAYS
SIMPLIFIED USER GUIDE

Reaction starts: the green LED of the section lights up

Test time
SE E
Reaction ends: the green LED flashes

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PACKAG
INSERT

Remove the strip(s) and SPR(s) of the section

Results print out automatically
Interpretation and
measurement range

SE E
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PACKAG
INSERT

mini VIDAS

2010/02/01

HOW TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE?

Weekly:
- cleaning of the SPR blocks

SE E
IDAS
MINI V
USE R
L
MANUA

Monthly:
- cleaning of the reagent strip area
- performing VIDAS QCV test
- cleaning of the two optical lenses

bioMrieux S.A.
69280 Marcy lEtoile
France
Tel.: 33 (0)4 78 87 20 00
Fax: 33 (0)4 78 87 20 90
www.biomerieux.com

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HOW TO KNOW IF A CALIBRATION IS VALID?

To do this, proceed as follows:

Press

Press
three times to return to the MAIN MENU
and follow the protocol on page 4

until the MAIN MENU is displayed

Select the
Master lot menu

If the lot does not feature in the list,

the lot has not been calibrated:

Select
List Stored Stds

If the lot features in the list, check whether the calibration

is still valid:
Press on the key corresponding
to the lot required, and the
following screen will be displayed:

Control the lot expiration date

displayed on the screen

Select the test code in the list

by pressing on the
key
to scroll down/up if necessary
Test code

Press
three times to return to the MAIN MENU
and follow the protocol on page 5

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If the calibration has expired:

If the test does not feature in the list, the test has not been
calibrated:
Press
twice to return to the MAIN MENU
and follow the protocol on page 4

If the calibration is still valid:

Press
three times to return to the MAIN MENU and
follow the protocol on page 6

IMPORTANT: The
key enables the user
to return to the MAIN M ENU at any time.

HOW TO UPDATE A PROTOCOL?

Always read the protocole barcode before reading the MLE card

If the test features in the list, check whether the calibration is

still valid:
Select the lot if necessary

MAIN MENU
Select the Utility Menu

Select Assay Update

q
q

Fulfil the warning instructions and click on Yes to continue

Read the protocole barcode

printed on last page of the
package insert with the
barcode wand

As soon as the message disappears,

remove the card and support
Press

to return to the MAIN MENU

Then calibrate using the protocol below

HOW TO RUN STANDARDS (S) AND CONTROLS (C)

FOR CALIBRATION?

Select Confirm to Quit

If an error is made when selecting a standard,

control or sample:
select the position n to be modified (1 to 6)
select Assay
select Clear
select Clear this positions setup only

HOW TO READ A MLE CARD?

MAIN MENU
MAIN MENU

Select Status Screen

Select section A or B

Select
the Master Lot Menu

q
Place the MLE card on the white plastic card support
Slide the card support into an empty section
Type 1

Select
Read Master Lot

Select S for the standard,

type 1, then press

Select the chosen section

The message
Please wait
is displayed on the screen

Repeat this operation for each standard

used for the test

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Select C for control,

type 1 for C1
SE E
E
then press
PACKAG

Enter the Sample ID (see below) and, if necessary,

the dilution factor

INSERT

Repeat this operation

for each control used
for the test
Then follow the protocol below from

IMPORTANT: The
key enables the user
to return to the Main Menu at any time.

Press
After identifying the last patient, press
until the work
list for the section is displayed, then start running
the samples using the protocol below
Sample identification
(maximum of 12 alphanumeric characters)
Numeric characters are entered using the keyboard
Alphabetic characters are entered by selecting
each character on the screen:

HOW TO IDENTIFY SAMPLES IN STATUS SCREEN?

MAIN MENU
Select Status Screen

Select a free section

Use the arrow pad

on the keyboard to move
the cursor and select the characters, then validate them
one by one by pressing
Sample ID can also be entered by using the barcode wand

HOW TO RUN SAMPLES?

Type 1

Select Sample ID

If required, leave reagents 30 min at room temperature

before use
Check the type of sample and pre-process samples if required
Place the strip(s) and SPR(s) into the section
indicated on the screen
Dispense the sample volume into the sample
well of the strip

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PACKAG
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Repeat the same actions for each sample

7

If required, select User ID,

if not press

02-10 / 008GB99071C / This document is not legally binding. bioMrieux reserves the right to modify specifications without notice / BIOMERIEUX and the blue logo, are registered and protected trademarks
belonging to bioMrieux S.A. or one of its subsidiaries / bioMrieux SA RCS Lyon 673 620 399 / Printed in France / THERA Conseil / RCS Lyon B 398 160 242

Select Start

GCS / IMMUNOASSAYS
SIMPLIFIED USER GUIDE

Reaction starts: the green LED of the section lights up

Test time
SE E
Reaction ends: the green LED flashes

E
PACKAG
INSERT

Remove the strip(s) and SPR(s) of the section

Results print out automatically
Interpretation and
measurement range

SE E
E
PACKAG
INSERT

mini VIDAS

2010/02/01

HOW TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE?

Weekly:
- cleaning of the SPR blocks

SE E
IDAS
MINI V
USE R
L
MANUA

Monthly:
- cleaning of the reagent strip area
- performing VIDAS QCV test
- cleaning of the two optical lenses

bioMrieux S.A.
69280 Marcy lEtoile
France
Tel.: 33 (0)4 78 87 20 00
Fax: 33 (0)4 78 87 20 90
www.biomerieux.com

S
SEE LEN
R
CLEANE
E
PACKAG
INSERT