Capillary Blood - Abbott Afinion HbA1c Mode D'emploi

COLLECTING A SAMPLE

Capillary blood

• Make sure that the finger is clean, warm and dry.
• Use a suitable lancet to prick the finger.
• Allow a good drop of blood to form before sampling.
Venous blood
• Patient samples stored refrigerated can be used without equilibration to
room temperature.
• Mix the sample material well by inverting the tube 8-10 times before
collecting a sample.
AFINION HbA1c Control
™
• Allow the control material to reach room temperature (15-25ºC)
before use, which takes approximately 45 minutes.
• Mix the control material thoroughly by shaking the vial for 30 seconds.
A whirl mixer may be used.
• The sample can be extracted from the vial or the cap.
Filling the capillary
The Afinion HbA1c Test Cartridge is equipped
with either of the two models A or B of the
sampling device (a). The two models have slightly
different shape, but the filling volume of the
capillary and the handling of the device is exactly
the same:
• Remove the sampling device from the
test cartridge.
• Fill the capillary; bring the tip of the capillary
just beneath the surface of the patient sample
(b, c) or control material (d). The capillary is
automatically filled to the end, see arrow (e). It
is not possible to overfill. Avoid air bubbles and
excess sample on the outside of the capillary.
Do not wipe off the capillary.
• Immediately replace the sampling device into
the test cartridge.
• The analysis of the test cartridge should start
within 2-3 minutes. If the test cartridge is
stored too long before analysis, the sample
material may dry or coagulate. An information
code will then be displayed. Consult the
Afinion Analyzer User Manual.
• Do not use a test cartridge that has been
accidentally dropped on the floor or lab bench
after sample collection.
ANALYSING A SAMPLE
• Analyse the test cartridge following the procedure described in the
Afinion Analyzer User Manual.
• The analysis time is approximately 3.5 minutes.
EN
8 Afinion HbA1c
e
A
a
A B
b
c
d
B