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Madsen AccuScreen OAE & ABR Screener User Manual
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8 Quality Tests
From the
Quality Tests
menu you can test the probe and cables connected to AccuScreen.
You should test the probe and cables at the beginning of each workday.
Note: You should always comply with local regulations and routines.
8.1 Performing Quality Tests
1. Press Quality Tests ( ) on the Home screen.
2. From the Quality Tests menu you can access the quality test types available in
AccuScreen:
•
Probe.
Probe test, 58
•
Electrode cable.
Electrode cable test, 60
• Ear coupler cable. Ear coupler cable test, 61
• Combined (Electrode cable - Ear coupler cable).
Combined (Electrode Cable - Ear Coupler Cable), 63
8.2 Probe test
Every day before you start testing on patients, you should test the probe to make sure that it functions correctly.
Note: Make sure that the probe tip has been cleaned before you insert it in the test cavity.
See
11.4.1 Cleaning the built-in test cavity, 73.
You can start the probe test in two ways:
•
Performing the probe test, 59 by inserting the probe in the test cavity of AccuScreen.
• From the Quality Tests menu, 60