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3.4 Lockout setup
The Lockout menu contains the options for quality control tests that the operator is required to
perform at specified intervals or based on specific triggers. This is a list of the available lockout
options:
■ Operator Lockout
■ QC Settings, containing
– New Lot Lockout
– QC Lockout
– IQC Lockout
– Custom Range Trop T
■ Cleaning Lockout
■ STAT Test Config. (overriding a lockout in an emergency situation)
If the quality control test is not performed as required or if the result is outside the target value
range, the meter, parameter or test strip lot is locked from further use. Lockouts can also be set
up on an operator-specific basis, i.e., each operator must perform the corresponding quality con-
trol tests at specified intervals.
A quality control test must be completed successfully before the meter is made available again
(either to the operator or in general) for testing.
The option of setting up lockouts for operators is available only when the meter is set up for
operator logins (see page 89) and operator lists are stored in the meter.
In case of an emergency, there may not be the time to first complete the required quality control
test if a lockout has been triggered and the meter is "locked". For such cases you may set up so-
called STAT Tests (STAT = Short TurnAround Time). This option allows to perform a limited
number of tests when an operator lockout or QC lockout is in force. However, once the defined
number of STAT tests has been performed, further use of the meter is no longer possible (for the
affected test parameter or operator), unless the required quality control test is successfully
completed.
STAT tests cannot be performed if IQC lockout is in place or a new lot has not (yet) passed a
quality control test (New Lot Lockout).
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