Overview
Introduction
Quality Control
IMMAGE 800 Operations Manual A11403
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September 2016
Quality Control
Overview
Introduction
The Quality Control (QC) program summarizes quality control results generated on
the IMMAGE 800 Immunochemistry System. The control program uses the Westgard
Rules
1
to monitor statistics for up to 100 controls. Rule violations 1-2S and 1-3S are
flagged on a real-time basis and can be displayed on the console monitor.
The QC program provides the following features:
• Review Control
• Define/Edit
• Delete Control
• QC File List
• QC Log
• QC Summary
• QC Chart (Levey-Jennings)
• Backup QC
• Print Control
Recommended QC and Analysis Intervals
Beckman Coulter recommends that at least two levels of control material be analyzed
daily. In addition, these controls should be run with each new calibration, with each
new lot of reagent, and run after specific maintenance or troubleshooting, as detailed
in CHAPTER 10,
Utilities
. More frequent use of controls, or the use of additional
controls, is left to the discretion of the user based on individual laboratory practice.
QC Data Source
The system allows the operator to review and print QC data stored on:
• Hard Disk
• External Media (Floppy Diskettes)
Additional Information
for a QC Report Sample.
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Westgard, J. O.; Barry, P. L.; Hunt, M.R.; Groth, T. A.,
A Multirule Shewhart Chart for Quality Control in Clinical
Chemistry
. Clinical Chemistry 1981; 27:493-501.
Also, http://www.westgard.com/pdf