Liquid Qc (Quality Control) Schedules - Abbott i-STAT Alinity Operation Manual

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Liquid QC (Quality Control) Schedules

This feature is used to define a liquid quality control (QC) plan for the i‑STAT Alinity instruments. A
customized QC testing schedule can include: the cartridge types and liquid QC fluids to be used, the
cartridge types that are enabled by running the liquid QC, and the schedule for performing liquid QC. Up
to 3 liquid quality control schedules can be defined. The options for liquid QC schedules are shown here
once, since the options are identical for all three.
Frequency
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Select one of the following:
Off
Daily
Every___________
Every_____ ______ of
each month
Every n days starting
on mmddyy
Time
Testing due at HH:mm
Grace period
Apply Schedule to
Cartridge QC Profile
This is the default.
Run liquid QC every day.
Blank is filled in with a day of the week selection
from the drop down list.
The first blank is filled in with first, second, third or
fourth chosen from drop down list. The second
blank is filled in with day of the week chosen from
the drop down list. Example - Every 2nd Thursday
of the month.
Schedule liquid QC to run according to a time
interval and a start date. The time interval is a
number of days in the range 28 to 90. Select the
start date from the pop-up calendar.
This option is enabled only when a value other
than Off has been specified for Frequency.
Time of day when liquid QC testing is due to be
done. Specify a value for hours and minutes in the
range 00:00 to 23:59. Default is 00:00 (midnight).
Additional amount of time allowed before and
after testing due time to perform liquid QC testing
if testing is not done at the scheduled time. After
this amount of time elapses, patient testing is
disabled. Grace period also determines when the
alert message for scheduled QC will display on the
instrument.
n hours
Number of hours. 8 hours is default. Range is 0 to
255.
Select which months to perform testing. Any or all
months of the year can be selected.
If Frequency is specified, define at least one
Cartridge QC Profile.
Art: 746300-01 Rev. N
Rev. Date: 02-Nov-2022