Using Your Minipet Pipettes - Alere Cholestech LDX System User Manual

Using Your MiniPet
Use this procedure to apply a sample of venous whole blood,
Quality Control material, calibration verification or proficiency
testing material to the cassette. (See cassette-specific package
insert for volume amount.)
1. Firmly attach the pipette tip to the end of the MiniPet
Pipette. Use a new tip for each sample.
2. To fill the pipette, push the plunger down as far as you
can. Place the pipette tip into the sample and slowly
release the plunger. Confirm that no air bubbles are in the
pipette tip.
3. Place the pipette tip into the cassette sample well.
Dispense the sample by pressing the plunger down. Move
the pipette tip out of the sample well before releasing the
plunger again.
4. Remove the pipette tip and put it into a biohazardous
waste container.
NOTE: If the plunger is released before the pipette tip is removed
from the sample well, the sample may be drawn back into the
pipette tip.
NOTE: Keep the cassette level at all times after applying the
sample.
For additional information about proper handling of blood
specimens, see the package insert for the test cassette you
are using.
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