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E N G L I S H NIOX MINO ® External Quality Control User Manual...
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Note! This manual is an appendix to the NIOX MINO User Manual. ® It describes the optional external Quality Control procedure for NIOX MINO. Please refer to the NIOX MINO User Manual for more information.
Information in this document is subject to change. Amendments will be made available by Aerocrine AB as they occur. • NIOX MINO is CE-marked according to In Vitro Diagnostic Device Directive 98/79/EC and approved for clinical use in EEC countries.
2. Select QC settings baths (either open vessels or ultrasonic baths). • NIOX MINO should not be used adjacent to or stacked with other equipment. 3. The QC settings are shown • The NIOX MINO Sensor contains chemicals that could be harmful if swallowed.
QC tester to be qualified. The following measurement according QC measurement on the fourth day must be to the NIOX MINO user within ±10 ppb from the mean value and the NO manual Scrubber result < 5 ppb. Once the Quality Control has been completed the instrument is ready for clinical use.
C. QC sequence number Repeat the QC measurement if the positive and/ or the negative controls fail. If QC fail persists, 5. Use the previous and next discontinue use of NIOX MINO and contact ® buttons to step through your local Aerocrine representative or Aerocrine the results Customer Support.
4. The QC information is Code Action displayed: There has been an attempt to perform A. Mean QC F NO value several QC measurements on the and latest moving same day with the same test person. mean date for QC Wait one day and perform the next QC testers 1 and 2 measurement.
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Patents: Circassia’s NIOX products are protected by a number of patents in the US, Europe and a range of other countries. A N E W D I M EN S I O N IN A S T H M A C A R E Circassia AB, an ISO 13485 certified company Circassia AB, Råsundavägen 18, SE-169 67 Solna, Sweden...