REAGENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A reagent management system (110) is disclosed comprising a reagent container section (112) for receiving reagent containers (7, 8, 9) and a reagent reconstitution device for reconstituting dry, or lyophilized, reagents or concentrated reagents provided in the reagent containers (7, 8, 9) in order to carry out in-vitro diagnostic tests with the reconstituted reagents. The reagent management system (110) further comprises a controller (180) programmed to instruct the reagent reconstitution device to automatically reconstitute an initial total volume of a selected reagent type in one or more reagent containers (7, 8, 9), wherein the initial total volume is calculated based at least on an open container stability time (OCS) of the reconstituted reagent type for each reagent container (7, 8, 9) and on a number of tests that can be carried out within the open container stability time (OCS) of the reconstituted reagent type. A reagent container holder (10) for use by the reagent management system (110) is also disclosed. Methods of automatically reconstituting a dry, or lyophilized reagent, or a concentrated liquid reagent provided in a reagent container (7, 8, 9) in order to carry out an in-vitro diagnostic test with the reconstituted reagent are also disclosed.