PN 177196BB
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QUALITY ASSURANCE
CONTROL DATA MANAGEMENT
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4.4 CONTROL DATA MANAGEMENT
A Objectives
When you have completed this topic, you will be able to:
B Print control file data.
B Exclude individual control runs.
B Delete a control file.
B References
1. In the Online Help System or the Instructions for Use manual, refer to:
r
Printing/Transmitting Saved Cell Control Results under Heading 7.3 RUNNING CELL
CONTROLS.
r Heading 7.5 DELETING QC RUNS/FILES.
2. Locate and make a copy of the CONTROL DATA MANAGEMENT SUMMARY.
C Special Instructions
1. The instrument must be powered up.
2. A control file with results from at least one sample is needed, but a control file with
results accumulated for several days is better.
D Topic Notes and Tasks
1. Control file management has to do with accessing control results in a control file and
manipulating the data. Data manipulation can include:
a. Deleting a sample from a control file.
b. Deleting a control file.
c. Printing or transmitting one or more results from a control file.
d. Downloading control files to IQAP.
Note: IQAP is covered under Heading 4.5, INTERLABORATORY QUALITY
ASSURANCE (IQAP), in this section of the Training Guide.
2. Have the trainee locate the
Printing/Transmitting Saved Cell Control Results procedure under
Heading 7.3 RUNNING CELL CONTROLS in the Online Help System or the Instructions for Use
manual, and print a control summary for one of the controls files in use on their
instrument.
3. Have the trainee locate
Heading 7.5 DELETING QC RUNS/FILES, in the Online Help System or
the Instructions for Use manual and, unless it is it is time for a control file to be deleted,
just review the procedure with the trainee.
4. Give the trainee a copy of the
CONTROL DATA MANAGEMENT SUMMARY and review the file
management procedures.