Abbott c8000 Architects: Clinical Chemistry Side
- https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/sal/specSheet/ADD-00058823-R1_ARCHITECT%20Specifications.pdf
- https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/int/en/offerings/brands/architect/architect-c8000
- See my Chemistry Terminology and Methodologies Links for the explanation of the following methodologies:
- Photometric
- Potentiometric
- Turbidimetric
- There's 121 refrigerated reagent positions
- Reagents are premade (other than a few that need to be reconstituted) solutions that come in wedges or containers that are uncapped and loaded on a reagent wheel
- Make sure they are stored at the proper temperature, protected from moisture and light, and free of bubbles, obvious turbidity or crystallization or contamination
- Reagents are solutions that are >97% liquid
- Stable for 5-65 days but most average about a month or a little over
- Make sure they are stored at the proper temperature, protected from moisture and light, and free of bubbles, obvious turbidity or crystallization or contamination
- Can run up to 1200 tests per hour
- Can hold 215 samples at a time
- There are 35 STAT priority positions
- Up to 65 assays per instrument
- Reagent stability is 1-65 days
- Integrated chip technology (ICT) for electrolytes: K+, Na+, Cl-
- Monitors for interferences (HIL reference) and sample integrity:
- Hemolysis
- Icterus
- Lipemia
- Detects clots, goobers and fibrins strands
- Detects bubbles (aspiration errors)
- Samples able to be tested include:
- Plasma
- Serum
- Whole Blood
- Urine
- CSF
- Plasma
- Calibrations are performed daily to every two months, but the average is about every month for most assays
- Clinical chemistry analyzers require and use deionized water at a rate of about 25 liters/hour
- Computer software (IOM) and computers with touchscreen monitors, online error code help and advice for troubleshooting
Abbott i2000 SR Architects: Immunoassay Side
- https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/int/en/offerings/brands/architect/architect-i2000SR
- https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/sal/specSheet/ADD-00058823-R1_ARCHITECT%20Specifications.pdf
- Immunoassays based on Chemiflex chemiluminescent methodology
- Reagents stay stable for up to 30 days
- 14-30 day range
- Calibrations only required if QC is out or with each new lot
- 100% liquid solutions
- Refrigerated positions for up to 25 reagents/test assays
- Shakes the containers with the paramagnetic particles
- Reagents:
- Diluents
- Conjugates
- Paramagnetic particles
- Able to run up to 200 tests per hour
- Can load up to 135 samples
- 35 STAT
- 100 routine
- Sensitive to clots or bubbles and reagent pressure
- Connected to the LIS (laboratory information system) middleware, which is sent to main laboratory software
- Uses purified water, deionized water and buffer
- Able to test plasma, serum, whole blood or urine
Abbott Accelerator a3600 (Track):
- This is a LAS (laboratory automation system)
- https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/int/en/offerings/brands/accelerator/a3600
- Input/Output Lanes for loading/unloading/sorting samples
- Centrifuge
- Decapper
- Automation
- Aliquoter
- Recapper
- Sealer
- Can reseal up to 3x
- Can reseal up to 3x
- Desealer
- Storage (refrigerated)
- Sensitive to temperature and humidity
- 60-86 degrees F
- Up to 80% @86 degrees F
- 60-86 degrees F
- Uses compressed air
- Laser barcode readers
- Lateral vision system to detect the following:
- Sample tube type
- Sample tube height and diameter
- Whether or not sample is capped or uncapped
- Color of the cap
- Barcoded label detection
- Sample tube type
About Sample Cups:
- 50 microliters of dead volume so the pipette does not hit the bottom of the sample