Westgard Rule Violations - Abbott CELL-DYN 3000 Operator's Manual

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Rule 5 (4 ):
1s
Rule 6 (10x):
The rules may be used singly or in combination depending on operator
preference. Selections are made on the
When a rule is selected, a plus sign is displayed to the right of the
parameter name on the LEVEY-JENNINGS MENU Screens. (See
Figure 7.7.) Six plus signs indicate that all six rules are selected in order
from left to right. A minus sign is displayed if a rule is not selected.
QC file: NORM 45 OPEN
Seq num: 9558 to 684
WBC:1+–++6
8.3
7.7
7.1
MCV:1+–+++
89.5
86.5
83.5
MPV:1+–+++
10.3
9.3
8.3
GROUP GROUP
2
Figure 7.7:
The number of the rule that was violated is displayed in place of the plus
sign. Figure 7.7 shows examples of the plus and minus signs and
rule-violation indications.
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Four consecutive values outside same 1SD
Four consecutive results fell outside 1SD on the same
side of the mean
Ten consecutive values on the same side of mean
Ten consecutive results fell on the same side of the
mean
LEVEY-JENNINGS MENU
Ready
RBC:1+–++6
4.58
4.40
4.22
RDW:1+–++6
17.6
15.4
13.2
GROUP
3 4
Levey-Jennings Menu Screen Showing Westgard Rule
Violations
QC FILE SET UP Screen.
Mar 15 1993 10:00
Operator ID
734
Sequence #
2723
HGB:++–+++
13.8
13.4
13.0
PLT:1+–+++
265.
240.
215.
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