VETSCAN VS2
Running a sample
Adding a sample to Vetscan VS2® rotor1
- Remove rotor pouch from the refrigerator immediately before testing—there is no warm-up time
- Use a fixed 100 μL volume pipette
- Hold the rotors by the sides only, without touching the bar code or the central diluent container
- Keep the rotor in a flat position when loading in the Vetscan VS2
- Avoid introducing air bubbles in the sample port:
- If an air bubble is introduced, add enough sample to fill the overflow area by 1/3 to 1/2, as shown below
- Start each test within 10 minutes of transferring the sample into the rotor
- Consider testing plasma or serum:
- When there is the potential for insufficient plasma volume (e.g. dehydrated patients, sight hounds)
- In very sick patients
- In animals who just ate a high-fat meal
- In dogs who are predisposed to hyperlipidemia (e.g. miniature schnauzers)
- Store rotors in the freezer
- Hold the rotor from the center
- Touch the pipette tip or a false elevation of amylase can result
- Use samples from EDTA tubes for any testing on the Vetscan VS2
- Remove a sample from the rotor and try to reintroduce it to the rotor
- Apply excess blood to the sample port, as it may contaminate the analyzer (exception if air bubble present—see DO’s)
- Spill blood on the bar code ring or rotor
- Run fluids other than whole blood, plasma or serum
- No other fluids are supported for use on the Vetscan VS2
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References: 1. Legacy Abaxis VetScan VS2 Operator's Manual (v2.0) - p 33 section 4.3 (ALL) (p.33)