Abaxis VetScan HM5 - Quality Control and Calibration

Section 5
Quality Control and Calibration 5-1
Quality Control and
Calibration
This section describes the quality control and calibration proce-
dures for the VetScan HM5.
Section Contents
5.1 Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.1.1 Required Quality Control Sample. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.1.2 Handling Quality Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.1.3 Entering Quality Control Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.1.4 Running a Quality Control Sample . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
5.1.5 What to Do If QC Values Are Out of Range. . . . . 5-9
5.2 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.2.1 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.2.2 Required Calibration Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.2.3 Calibration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
5.2.4 View Calibration History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
5.2.5 Resetting Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13