Abbott i-STAT Alinity User Manual

Liquid QC (Quality Control) Schedules
This feature is used to dene a liquid quality control (QC) plan for the i‑STAT Alinity instruments. A
customized QC tesng schedule can include: the cartridge types and liquid QC uids to be used, the
cartridge types that are enabled by running the liquid QC, and the schedule for performing liquid QC. Up
to 3 liquid quality control schedules can be dened. The opons for liquid QC schedules are shown here
once, since the opons are idencal for all three.
Note: Not all products are available in all regions. Check with your local representave for
availability in specic markets.
Frequency Select one of the following:
O This is the default.
Daily Run liquid QC every day.
Every___________ Blank is lled in with a day of the week selecon
from the drop down list.
Every_____ ______ of
each month
The rst blank is lled in with rst, second, third or
fourth chosen from drop down list. The second
blank is lled in with day of the week chosen from
the drop down list. Example - Every 2nd Thursday
of the month.
Every n days starng
on mmddyy
Schedule liquid QC to run according to a me
interval and a start date. The me interval is a
number of days in the range 28 to 90. Select the
start date from the pop-up calendar.
Time This opon is enabled only when a value other
than O has been specied for Frequency.
Tesng due at HH:mm Time of day when liquid QC tesng is due to be
done. Specify a value for hours and minutes in the
range 00:00 to 23:59. Default is 00:00 (midnight).
Grace period Addional amount of me allowed before and
aer tesng due me to perform liquid QC tesng
if tesng is not done at the scheduled me. Aer
this amount of me elapses, paent tesng is
disabled. Grace period also determines when the
alert message for scheduled QC will display on the
instrument.
n hours
Number of hours. 8 hours is default. Range is 0 to
255.
Apply Schedule to Select which months to perform tesng. Any or all
months of the year can be selected.
Cartridge QC Prole If Frequency is specied, dene at least one
Cartridge QC Prole.
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i-STAT Alinity — System Operaons Manual Art: 746300-01 Rev. N Rev. Date: 02-Nov-2022

Abbott i-STAT Alinity Specifications

General

Brand	Abbott
Model	i-STAT Alinity
Category	Medical Equipment
Language	English