ASTUTE140
®
Meter
ASTUTE140
®
Meter Operation
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9. When prompted, hold the Liquid Control RFID Card for the liquid control to be registered
next to or against the numeric keypad to register the liquid control lot information and press
the right soft key to select
OK
.
10. If registered correctly, a screen indicating that the liquid control lot number was successfully
read from the Liquid Control RFID Card will appear, and the lot number will be displayed.
Press the right soft key to select
Accept
. The lot that was just registered should now
appear in the list of Registered LQC Lots.
11. If registered incorrectly, an error message will appear. Press the right soft key to select
OK
and close the error message. Repeat steps 9–10. If registered incorrectly a second time,
contact Technical Support (See “Contacting Technical Support ” on p. 7 for contact
information).
12. After use, return the Liquid Control RFID Card to its sleeve and store with the
corresponding liquid control.
13. To register the second liquid control in the set, or to register another liquid control set from
a different lot, repeat steps 7–12.
External Liquid Quality Control (LQC)
High and low liquid controls must be run to verify the precision and accuracy of the assay
procedure, including the performance of the Test cartridges and
assay-specific reagents.
It is recommended that LQC be performed at the following times:
g
Every 30 days
g
With each new lot number of Test cartridges
g
With each new shipment of Test Kits
g
In accordance with the laboratory’s standard quality control procedures
Figure 61.
Register Liquid QC
Lot screen