Best Practices - Abbott i-STAT Alinity Operation Manual

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Best Practices

For ease of use, Abbott Point of Care recommends these guidelines when using the Manage and
Assemble Profiles Workspace.
• Profile and Category Naming - Name the Profile with the area where the i‑STAT Alinity instrument
will be used, for example: NICU, Emergency Department, Respiratory Care.
Name Categories by specifying their use for all areas or for specific areas, such as: Hospital-wide
General Settings, ICU Operator Settings, NICU Analyte Settings, Emergency Department Quality
Settings.
• Print the APOC Profile or all APOC Categories individually - prior to creating categories and profiles.
After printing, review and identify the desired changes to each Category by marking the changes on
the printout. Use the printout when creating the categories and assembling the profile.
• Print the Laboratory Reference and Action (Critical) ranges - including units of measure for each
analyte that will be used on the i-STAT Alinity. This can minimize the time needed to build the Analyte
Settings Unit and Range feature.
• Enable Age and Gender in Patient Settings - if the Analyte Settings Ranges are created with Age and
Gender applied. If eGFR is being used, this feature is required.
• If Liquid QC and/or Cal Ver Schedules are used - A list of the site's areas and the cartridges used in
each area can be helpful when creating the Quality Settings Category.
• Contact the IT department or patient registration - If using barcoded patient armbands or labels.
Ensure that the type of barcode on the armband or label is enabled in the Patient Settings Category.
• Contact Human Resources or Employee Services - If using barcoded employee badges. Ensure that
the type of barcode on the badge is enabled in the Operator Settings Category.
• Contact Laboratory Information System administrator - If using an accession/specimen ID entry. It
will be necessary to find out which barcode type will be scanned and to determine where the
barcoded labels will be printed. Printing functions in the LIS may need to be changed in order for
accession number labels to be printed on the testing floor.
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Note: Selections made in categories and profiles change screen content and
sequencing. Best practice would be to evaluate all selections made when building the
profile by:
￮ uploading the profile
￮ performing testing in the patient and control pathways
￮ evaluating the outcome to ensure that results and behavior are as expected.
Art: 746300-01 Rev. N
Rev. Date: 02-Nov-2022