ITC Hemochron Signature+ Whole Blood Microcoagulation System - Manual (Page 18)

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Prompts for Mandatory QC Tests
Electronic quality control (EQC) tests and/or liquid quality control (LQC) tests can also be required to be
run at specified intervals (see the Configuration Manager section on page 26). When it is time for a
required QC test to be run, the required QC test must be successfully completed before the specific patient
test(s) can be run. If EQC is required, no patient tests can be run until successful completion of EQC.
Note: A specified limited number of additional tests (911 exceptions) can be run after a
mandatory QC interval has been reached. Consult the Configuration Manager section for
details.
To Run a Mandatory QC Test:
1.
The prompt for the required QC test is automatically displayed:
1-QN 2-QA
2.
Enter mandatory ID or PIN information (if prompted). If acceptable information is entered,
operation of the instrument continues:
Priming Pump
3.
Run the QC test according to the displayed prompts. If the results for the QC test are acceptable,
affected patient tests can now be run.
Adding a Note
Up to two operator-selectable notes can be added to the record for each test and will be printed with the
final record. The notes are selected from a menu of nine available notes.
Note: Consult the Configuration Manager section for the procedure to add a new user-
selectable note to the Note Table.
1.
Press NOTE:
Enter Note#=
2.
Type the number (1 through 9) corresponding to the note that is to be entered or press the NOTE
key repeatedly until the desired note is displayed. For example:
USER TRAINING
Note: “NOTE NOT USED” is displayed if a note is not defined for that note number.
3.
Press ENTER. The number for the selected note is displayed:
Enter Note#= 6,0
Note: The number corresponding to the first note is displayed before the comma. The 0
(zero) character after the comma indicates that a second note has not yet been defined.
4.
(If needed) Type the numeral corresponding to a second note and press ENTER. The number for
the second note is displayed:
Enter Note#= 2,6
Note: If a third note is entered, the first note (Note 6 in this example) is cancelled. Currently
entered notes can be cancelled by entering 0 (zero) for both notes.
5.
Press CANCEL to return to normal operation.