Memory management method and apparatus for automated biological reaction system

A reagent management system comprising;

• an automated biological reaction apparatus including at least one container for holding a reagent for later application of said reagent to a sample undergoing a reaction in the automated biological reaction apparatus;
• a reagent vessel package containing the at least one reagent container;
• an RFID tag associated with at least one reagent vessel package, the RFID tag including data for characterizing said reagent used in the automated biological reaction apparatus;
• a host device comprising a processor and a host memory device connected to the processor, the host memory device including a reagent table;
• an RFID scanner for reading and transferring the characterizing data in the RFID tag to the host memory device;
• and
• means to write to the RFID tag that the characterizing data has been transferred, wherein the host device processor is connected to the RFID scanner.