Unloading Undeactivated MTUs from the Panther

Use the procedures below to remove undeactivated MTUMulti-tube unit—Container used to process tests in the instrument. An MTU contains five separate reaction tubes. The MTU is moved through the instrument by the linear distributor and includes five tiplets for pipettiing to be used in the mag wash station.(s) from the Panther System in the event of a failure.

• Amp Load Station, HPA Load Station
• Incubators (AMP, High Temp, Transition)
• Linear Distributor
• Luminometer
• MagWash 1 & 2
• Mag Parking, Sample Dispense Slot, Chiller Ramp, or Sample Mix Station
• Output Queue