68 About lockouts
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Only successful measurements are included in the test
strip count.
To remove the QC lockout, you must run and pass a QC
test passed both QC test levels.
New test strip lot
You can configure the instrument to handle new test
strip lots in one of the following ways:
• Using a new test strip lots is possible without having
a QC test passed for it.
• Using a new test strip lot is only possible after having
a QC test passed for both QC levels.
Alternating / non-alternating QC lockout
To remove an alternating QC lockout, you perform a QC
test where the required QC level alternates. If you remove
the first QC lockout with a QC test passed for QC level 1,
you remove the next one with a QC test for QC level 2,
and so on.
To remove a non-alternating QC lockout, you must
perform QC tests with QC level 1 and 2 passed.
Software update
A software update (from Roche) can be configured to
trigger a QC lockout. The QC lockout applies irrespective
of any other QC lockout that was configured.
To remove the lockout, you must run and pass a QC test
at level 1 and one at level 2. This applies even if an
alternating QC lockout is configured.
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• Lockout types (68)
Lockout types
A lockout stops you from performing specific actions on
the instrument until you take the appropriate corrective
action.
There are different types of lockout:
• QC
• Instrument synchronization
• Temperature
• Low battery
• Memory
• User certification
2 Overview of the system