AU680 Chemistry System offers a speed of up to 1200 tests per hour and an on-board capacity of up to 63 different tests in parallel. The AU680 Chemistry System is operated through a new and highly intuitive graphical user interface, including embedded videos to support key maintenance steps.
General Characteristics
Standardization
Only Olympus standardizes chemistry testing for low to very high-volume laboratories. This provides greater productivity, increased efficiency and lower cost for your lab.
Fast and reliable turnaround times
- Up to 800 photometric tests per hour and up to 1200 tests per hour with electrolytes
- Immediate STAT interrupt that gives you basic metabolic eight test panel results within five minutes
Walk away design saves operator time
- 150-sample rack loading for peak workloads with continuous loading capability
- 22-sample STAT carousel
- Direct tube sampling for 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 10.0 mL primary tubes and pediatric micro cup option
- Multiple bar code capability provides easier and faster calibration with lower cost
- Enhanced, reflex and repeat testing
- Automated pre-dilution for urine and other specimens
- Open design for direct connectivity to many lab automation systems
Automated reagent handling
- Reagents are liquid and ready-to-use
- Barcoded cartridges provides automated reagent management (on-board stability, expiration and calibration tracking)
- All 60 R1 and 48 R2 reagent positions are open for random cartridge placement
- State-of-the-art Advanced Calibration stores multiple calibration curves per test
- Reagent Inventory management alerts operator by comparing on-board reagent test volume versus average daily workload
- Automatic changeover from empty to fresh bottle
- Multiple sized reagent cartridges hold from 100 to 6000+ tests to meet the needs of the laboratory
Efficient review of results
- Choice of QC trending: Westgard multi-rule procedure, Twin plots, Levey-Jennings daily and day-to-day plots
- Search function to retrieve data by individual sample and type of test (up to 100,000 patient files)
- User-definable flags for abnormal results
Precision engineering for reliability and accuracy
- Capacitance liquid level detection to ensure accurate pipetting for reagents and specimens
- Clot detection and removal for sample probes
- Crash protection for sample and reagent probes
Exclusive spot photometric technology for precision enhanced optics - Micro sampling capabilities for pediatric and other special samples
User-friendly Windows XP software: Helps reduce training time
- Single Screen system check: at-a-glance graphic dashboard for monitoring system status
- Universal descriptive icons and color-keyed graphics
- Customized User Menu: simplifies training and operation by staff
- Online Operator's Guide and video: reinforce training with links, search and bookmarks
- Software capabilities support CLIA, NCCLS and CAP compliance
- Computer-displayed maintenance videos
Web-based services: Eliminates paperwork and increases reliability
- Remote diagnostics for virtual on-site support
- Provides technical resource access, on-line product training with reagent ordering and tracking capability.
Maintenance: Automated for operational cost reduction
- Five (5) minutes average daily operator maintenance
- Programmable power-on and start-up
- Advanced calibration: stores up to five calibration curves per test
- Automated cleaning and system checks
- Olympus dry-bath technology means no water bath maintenance
- Minimum disposables:
- Permanent glass cuvettes
- ISE electrodes are warranted for six months
- No sample or reagent tips to replace