AS2 ASPIRATION SYSTEM 2

2.17 Sample Acquisition System - Hardware Questions

Aspiration Pump
1. The aspirate pump (PM 9) is a ________-volume pump.

2. Does pump PM 9 provide aspiration for automatic mode, manual mode, or both?
_______________________

3. How many pistons are inside PM9? _______________________

4. In an at rest state, what is the inner piston position of the aspirate pump (PM9)?
__________________________________

5. The inner piston position determines the volume (high or low) aspirated?

True or False

6. Solenoid _____ controls the movement of the inner piston of PM9.

7. The volume of blood/fluid aspirated during automatic and manual modes are the same.
True or False

8. The outer piston is in the down position for manual mode aspiration. True or False

9. To aspirate in the manual mode, SL 9 is _________ and SL 24 is ____________.

Blood Sampling Valve (BSV)

10. The section of the BSV nearest the silver BSV knob the considered the (select one):

Front section Center section Rear section

11. Of the three sections of the BSV, which ones rotate?

Front section Center section Rear section

12. List the Cylinder number and associated Solenoids that control movement of the Center
Section of the BSV.

CL _____ SL _______ and SL _______

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13. List the three ports of the BSV that receive diluent from the RBC Diluent dispenser.

Port # _________ for cross-rinse.

Port # _________ for Automatic Mode.

Port # _________ for Manual Mode.

Shear Valves
14. Shear valves are used for segmenting __________, __________ blood samples and
stained _________ samples.

15. The diff sample is routed to the Diff _________ _________ and Retic samples is routed
to the Retic ____________ chamber.

16. The Diff and Retic Blood Segment valve provide _______ µl of whole blood sample.

17. The Stained Retic Segment valve provides ______ µl of stained retic dilution.

18. During sample aspiration the Diff and Retic Segment valves are in the ________
position. HOME / SEGMENT

Needle Assembly
19. The Stationary Needle is enclosed within a ________________.

20. The bellows interlock ensures the bellows remains _______________ .

21. Which sensors detect the bellows position? ______________________________

22. The bellows _____ sensor must be activated before the system rinses the needle vent
line or backwashing the needle.

23. Diluent is pushed through the needle and accumulates in the bellows for draining to
waste. True or False

Bubble Blood Detectors

24. Two bubble/blood detectors are located in the __________-mode aspiration pathway.

25. The bubble/blood detectors are physically located on the _____________

___________ module.

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26. Why does the system perform a front / rear detector carryover check?
____________________________________________________________

27. How many bubble/blood detector error messages can occur during the aspiration cycle?
_______________

28. If any of these checks fail, an aspiration error occurs and the system will retry the same
tube again if the # of aspirations per tube is set to 1.

True / False

29. If you run samples in Automatic Mode with the Bubble/Blood Detectors disabled, the
results will be displayed at the Workstation with P flags.

True / False

Hand Detector
30. What is the hand detector used for?
_________________________________________________________ and

_________________________________________________________

31. In manual mode, a sample ______ must be entered before the system will aspirate.

Probe Wipe Assembly

32. After aspiration in the Manual mode, the cleaning _______________ moves up and
down on the aspirator tip.

33. Solenoid __________ provides diluent and Solenoid _________ supplies vacuum to the
cleaning truck.

34. Before rotating the BSV, the cleaning truck must be in the ____________ position.

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