PN 177196BB
4-14
QUALITY ASSURANCE
INTERLABORATORY QUALITY ASSURANCE (IQAP)
4.5 INTERLABORATORY QUALITY ASSURANCE (IQAP)
A Objectives
When you have completed this topic, you will be able to:
B Explain the purpose of the Interlaboratory Quality Assurance Program (IQAP).
B References
1. In the Online Help System or the Instructions for Use manual, refer to:
r
IQAP ID (Entering/Editing) under Appendix A.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE SETUP.
r Heading 7.7 DOWNLOADING CELL CONTROL RESULTS FOR IQAP
2. IQAP manual, PN 4206266
C Special Instructions
The instrument needs to be powered up if you want to access the IQAP screens.
D Topic Notes and Tasks
1. Coulter Interlaboratory Quality Assurance Program (IQAP) allows all regular users of
A
C
•T 5diff Control Plus cell controls to have their control data compared to control data
from other laboratories using the same lot number on the same type of instrument.
a. Coulter Interlaboratory Quality Assurance Program (IQAP) is a service offered to all
regular users of A
C
•T 5diff Control Plus cell controls.
b. IQAP complements a laboratory’s in-house quality control program by providing
peer group comparisons for your control results.
c. The assessment is completely independent of assay values supplied with the control.
2. Two software screens are associated with IQAP: the screen for entering your IQAP ID
number and the screen for downloading your IQAP data.
a. To use the Quality Assurance Setup screen to enter or change an IQAP ID, refer to
the procedure,
IQAP ID (Entering/Editing), under Appendix A.5, in the Online Help
System or the Instructions for Use manual.
b. To use the IQAP screen to download control data, refer to
Heading 7.7 DOWNLOADING
CELL CONTROL RESULTS FOR IQAP, i
n the Online Help System or the Instructions for
Use manual.
3. The IQAP manual, PN 4206266, provides information on enrollment, data submission,
interpreting the IQAP report, and troubleshooting IQAP problems.
4. When using IQAP, it is recommended that you keep the submitted control data in its
control file (as opposed to deleting it). If you need to collect data for the same lot
number of control for another month, you can do one of two things.
a. Continue using the same control file but deselect all the data you submitted for
IQAP so that it is not included in the next months statistics.
b. Set up a new control file with the same Sample ID. Enable “Reserved” for the new
control file and disable “Reserved” for the old control file, so that control results are
routed to the go into the new file.
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