The XN-9100 Workload Balance configuration is an advanced work area automation concept best suited to labs with a varied sample profile and a need for pre-sorting. By pre-sorting the tubes to user-defined criteria, you optimise processing capacity and sample distribution across the analysis units.

With pre-sorting, sorting and archiving, this configuration helps optimise sample collection and fast distribution to other work areas. You can add variable clinical and productivity values, an optional slide-maker/stainer or digital imaging module.

This configuration is especially easy to operate as it has just a single point of entry. Tubes are placed at the entry point and fed into the tube sorter (TS-10) and registered. They are then grouped by measurement profile, patient information or any other sorting priorities you care to define. Tubes are processed as batch and transported per rack via the belt system to the XN units.

Negative results are validated automatically by the rule set, which contributes to reduced TAT and increased efficiency of the lab staff. Once the order processing is complete, the tubes are archived automatically. If there are still outstanding analysis orders, they are sorted for subsequent work areas.

Alternative designs can be installed to make best use of your space, or when the available space is not enough for a linear set-up: Inner-L, Outer-L, Inner-U, Outer-U, Z

Technical specifications

Measurement principles	WBC DIFF/RET/PLT-F/WPC: Fluorescence Flow Cytometry RBC/PLT: Hydrodynamically focussed impedance HGB: Cyanide-free SLS haemoglobin
Throughput From 2 modules of XN-10/20 in combination with SP-50 (H mode):	from 200 samples/h in whole blood (WB) mode, up to 40 samples/h in body fluid (BF) mode per module, up to 30 slides/h in standard mode per module, up to 75 slides/h with the optional high-throughput licence per module
Aspiration volume XN module: SP-50 module:	88 μL in whole blood (WB) mode and body fluid (BF) mode 70 μL for smear preparation in auto mode, 38 μL for smear preparation in manual mode
Analysis parameters Whole Blood With RET (optional) With PLT-F (optional) With WPC (optional) XN Stem Cells licence: Body Fluids with XN-BF (optional)	WBC, NRBC%, NRBC#, RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, PLT, RDW-SD, RDW-CV, MicroR%, MacroR%, PDW, MPV, P-LCR, PCT, NEUT%, NEUT#, LYMPH%, LYMPH#, MONO%, MONO#, EO%, EO#, BASO%, BASO#, IG%, IG# RET%, RET#, IRF, LFR, MFR, HFR, RET-He, RBC-He, Delta-He, HYPO-He%, HYPER-He%, PLT-O PLT-F, IPF, IPF# Extended Inflammation Parameters licence: NEUT-GI, NEUT-RI, RE-LYMP%, RE-LYMP#, AS-LYMP%, AS-LYMP# HPC%, HPC# WBC-BF, RBC-BF, MN%, MN#, PMN%, PMN#, TC-BF#
Sampler unit capacity	25 racks (250 samples) – Start Yard (ST-40) capacity
Integrated optional module	DI-60 for digital image analysis Tube sorter TS-10 Tosoh HLC-723 G11* – automated glycohaemoglobin analyser Interrliner* – automated ESR reader
Staining protocols (SP-50)	May Grünwald – Giemsa, Wright – Giemsa, Wright
Data storage capacities (XN module)	Results: 100,000 samples Patient information: 10,000 records QC files: 99 files (300 plots per file) Reagent replacement history: 5,000 records X-bar control (L-J control): 300 plots x 94 files X-barM control: 300 plots x 5 files