Quality Control; Performing Qc Sample Analysis; Using The Required Qc Analysis Option; Performing Required Qc Sample Analysis - Siemens Rapidlab 1200 Operator's Manual

4 Quality Control

Your laboratory should have procedures for analyzing the number of QC samples
and levels of QC material for each day of testing. Use only RapidQC
controls or install the AutomaticQC cartridge.
In addition to daily QC monitoring, participation in interlaboratory QC survey
programs lets you compare your system performance with systems in other
laboratories. Participation in interlaboratory QC survey and proficiency testing
programs can identify systematic errors not detected by intralaboratory QC
testing alone.

Performing QC Sample Analysis

NOTE:
The Rapidlab 1200 system offers 3 options for quality control analysis. Refer to
Setting Up QC Options‚ page 8-2:
Required QC analysis
AutomaticQC analysis
Unscheduled QC analysis

Using the Required QC Analysis Option

Required QC Analysis helps ensure that operators analyze controls according to
the protocol established in your institution.
If you have Required QC analysis set to On, the system prompts operators to
analyze specific levels of controls at intervals that you define. You must use
RapidQC materials to perform Required QC analysis.

Performing Required QC Sample Analysis

If the system displays the
this procedure to analyze Required QC samples. The system displays the number
of hours and minutes during which you can analyze the samples next to the
message.
1. At the Analysis screen, select
2. When prompted, introduce the level of the control shown on the screen:
a. Scan the barcode on the QC ampule.
b. Carefully snap open the ampule.
Treat all QC materials as you do patient samples.
The system schedules QC analysis and prompts you to
analyze the QC samples.
The system automatically analyzes the QC samples.
You analyze the QC samples when you want.
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