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USERACTIVE(USRAONSCREEN)–Atthetimeofpatienttesting,theuserhastheabilityto
deselectthetest.
6. Pressthekeytosavechanges.
QCTestsWithTestSettingsActivated
AnytestwhichtheSupervisorhassettoACTIVE,USERACTIVEorUSERINACTIVEwillrunontheQCSample
panel.Themeterwilldisplayandprintthetest’sQCsampleresultandupdatetheQCSampletimerforthe
test.IftheSupervisorhassetthetesttoINACTIVE,
thetestwillhavetheQCSampleturnedOFF.TheQC
Sampleresultwon’tshowforthattestandtheQCSampletimerwon’tbeupdatedforit.
IftheSupervisorchangesthetestfromINACTIVEtoACTIVE,toUSERACTIVEortoUSERINACTIVEthattest
maybeout
ofQCSampledate.Asalwaysforatestwithanexpir edQCSample,apassingQCSampletestwill
needtorunbeforeapatientsamplecanreportaresultforthattest.
QCParameters
TheQCParametersmenuprovidestheusertheoptionsfordeterminingwhatthe
maximumfrequencyisforrunningtheQCDeviceandQCSample,whether1or2
levelsofcontrolarerequiredfortheQCSample,andwhethertheallowedQC
SampleRangeofquantitativetestsis2or3
standarddeviations.
QCDeviceFrequency
TheQCDEVICEFREQUENCYsettingdeterminesthemaximumintervalbetweenQCDeviceteststhatauser
isallowedtorunpatienttests.Whentheintervalhaslapsed,allusersarelockedoutoftheRunTestmenu
untilaQCDevicehasbeensuccessfullyrun.
ItisrecommendedthattheQCDeviceberundailywhenperformingpatienttesting.
1. Fromthelistofprogrammableparameters,chooseQCPARAMETERSusingthe
keys.
2. Pressthekey.
3. Usethe
keystoselecttheinformationtotherightofQCDEVICEFREQ.
4. Usingthe
keys,selectoneoftheseoptions:NONE,8HOURS,DAILY,WEEKLY,MONTHLY.
5. Pressthekeytosavechanges.
QCSampleFrequency
TheQCSAMPLEFREQUENCYsettingdeterminesthemaximumintervalbetweenQCSampleteststhatauser
isallowedtorunpatienttestsonapar ticulardevicelotnumber.Whentheintervalhaslapsed,allusersare
lockedoutoftheRUNPAT IENT TESTmenuuntilaQC
Samplehasbeensuccess fullyrun.Toviewwhena
particulardevicelot’sQCSamplewillexpire,usetheRECALLREAGENTLOTS–QCfeature.
ItisrecommendedthattheQCSampleberunwitheverynewshipment,newlotormonthly,whicheveris
lesswhenperformingpatient testing.
NOTE:
Whentheanalyteisdeselected,thevalueis notcalculatednorstored
MainMenu
SetParameters
QCParameters