90 DCA Vantage Operator’s Guide
Quality Control
Running a Control Test
1. Ensure you are at the Home screen.
You must start the control test from the Home screen; otherwise the
system does not recognize that a QC test is being run. The system will not
save data to memory or prompt that a QC test due (if reminder is set).
2. Locate the control card.
NOTE: One side of the control card is for a normal control and the other
side is for an abnormal control.
3. Locate the dot on the system next to the barcode track.
4. Locate the barcode on the Control card.
5. Hold the card so that the barcode faces to the right.
6. Insert the Control card into the top of the barcode track.
7. Hold the Control card gently against the right side of the track and
smoothly slide the card down.
Figure 29 Scanning the HbA
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Control Card
A beep sounds to signal a successful scan.
NOTE: If no beep sounds, repeat the scanning procedure. If you
repeatedly fail to hear a beep, refer to Troubleshooting‚ page 121.
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Barcode track dot
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