User's Guide

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1. Introducing Xprecia Prime™
Key features of the Xprecia Prime™ system
• hand-held and portable (can be operated while tilted to an angle up to
45 degrees)
• easy sample application with small (8 μL) sample volume
• external quality control (LQC) tests with a configurable lock-out feature
• barcode entry of strip information
• strip ejection mechanism
• rich user interface supporting multiple languages
• internal battery with power monitoring
• operator identification and access control
• patient identification
• memory feature (for displaying past test results and errors)
• export of past test results to an external device
How the Xprecia Prime™ system works
The Xprecia Prime™ system analyses a blood sample taken from the
patient by fingerstick. The sample is transferred from the patient’s
finger to a test strip that has been inserted in the Xprecia Prime™
meter. The blood is mixed with a reagent contained within the strip
and the meter detects when clotting has occurred. The result is then
displayed on the meter’s screen in either units known as the
International Normalised Ratio (INR) or in calibrated seconds.
Up to 1000 records can be stored in the meter’s memory with patient
and operator identification for each record. You can display details
about each of those records.