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Submitting Quality Assurance results
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Results MUST be submitted by the deadline stated in the WEQAS schedule—within 14 days
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External Quality Assurance serum samples are normally dispatched on the first Monday of
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every month and usually arrive on the Tuesday. You will be told by email if this varies.
The sample is stable for 14 days and must be used before it expires.
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When possible, conduct the test on the day the sample arrives.
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Late returns will be recorded and will not be included in performance monitoring reports.
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If you received a test error (e.g. "Reaction did not occur"):
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Look up the error in the 'Error messages and what they mean' quick guide to establish
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why the error occurred.
If an error has occurred, please submit the error received to the lab.
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Should your analyser be inadvertently set to the incorrect units-of-measure for the UK, you
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will still be able to upload your QA results to WEQAS, as the QA process is also checking the
operator's level of knowledge and understanding. The standard UK units cholesterol are
millimoles per litre — mmol/L.
Record keeping - every operator must keep a record of patient results, test cassette lot and
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operator identity. Contact Health Diagnostics for a copy of the record sheet. Alternatively
this information is collected automatically when USB cable is used from the LDX to Health
Options® .
Submitting Quality Assurance Test results
When you have conducted a QA test:
Open the reporting website: www.cuesee.com
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Use the username and password which were allocated to you to log in.
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Enter the results relevant to the test cassette you are using e.g. Total cholesterol
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and HDL cholesterol.
After submitting your results dispose of the sample and pipette tip in the clinical
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waste.
QA results will be available on the website in the forth week on each month.
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Please check each month to see how your analyser(s) performed
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