xPONENT® 3.1 & Luminex 100/200™ Basic

This half day course covers an introduction to the Luminex 200 instrument and xPONENT software version 3.1 in a classroom setting where the end user gets hands on experience with the instrument.

This course is ideally suited for end users of the Luminex 200 platform. It will provide end users with an understanding of Luminex 200 hardware and software as well as recommended maintenance and basic tips for troubleshooting. The training will be conducted either onsite at a customer location or at Austin facilities.

Objectives

At the end of this course students will:

• Define Key terms
• Define components of the Luminex® 100™ and Luminex® 200™ systems
• Describe the optics and fluidics processes of the Luminex® 100/200™
• List previous and current Luminex software
• Explain xPONENT® 3.1 features, benefits, compatibilities, and upgrades
• Identify Luminex® 100/200™start-up indicators
• Discuss pages and tabs in xPONENT® 3.1
• Perform probe height adjustment
• Perform and explain system initialization
• Perform system calibration and verification
• Describe calibration and control microspheres and functions
• Perform the daily shutdown routine
• Demonstrate how to generate a protocol
• Demonstrate how to create and run a batch
• Demonstrate how to replay a batch
• Explain the preventative maintenance schedule
• Demonstrate how to generate reports
• Discuss the function of key xPONENT® commands

Course Information

P.A.C.E.

Luminex is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.