GE LOGIQ 200 Quality Assurance Manual page 61

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1-1 Overview
The objective of this reference manual is to provide the details to perform the tests and checks necessary
to maintain a QA Program that meets our commitments to our customer's and their patients.
organized to cover the items necessary to fill out the currently published ACR Ultrasound Accreditation
Section G - QC Summary. Performing QA Checks are also essential because they not only maintain,
but often provide data to help prevent impending failures. This results in both customer and service
resource savings.
These instructions are intended as an informative approach to completing the Quality Assurance Testing
Document. Once the document is complete, provide a copy for the customer with hard-copy recordings
of the Q/A Test Results. It is important to note that this Guide is to be used for QA inspections only (service
codes 97 and 12). All other service repairs requiring parts and added labor time should be scheduled
and coded differently.
1-2 Contents
The material used in this manual is a culmination of information developed by GEMS Ultrasound. Any
comments or questions regarding the content of this document should be directed to the Ultrasound
Documentation group. This manual consists of:
1-2-1 QA Procedure Instruction Details
The QATesting Procedure is intended to be used as a steering guide to perform the needed PM
checks. The procedure contain tables for data entry and provides brief descriptive procedures
that can be checked off, when completed. This reference manual provides more detail should
it be required in the performance of the QA Testing Procedure.
1-3 Objectives
• Assurance of system or sub-system quality and performanace.
• Exceed all published regulatory patient Safety Standards (e.g. UL-544, NFPA-99, IEC 601, etc.).
• Assure diagnostic Image Quality performance with records for trending.
• Provide all information necessary to fill out the American College of Radiology Accreditation Application
- QC Summary Section G and Section H.
1-3-1 Specifications
ACR Accreditation Application submittal relies not only on system checks but also on system
performance trending. Hard copy records of some checks (system displays) must be maintained
in order to evaluate performance trending during future QA Checks.
ULTRASOUND QUALITY ASSURANCE REFERENCE MANUAL
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
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