ITC IRMA TruPoint Blood Analysis System - Manual (Page 112)

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• When NO liquid QC limits have been established, running the designated
number of controls will satisfy QC lockout requirements, for all non-
suppressed results.
• If an individual sensor on a cartridge errors during the analysis phase of an
liquid QC test, the result for that sensor and any other sensors that are
dependent on that sensor will be suppressed. Suppressed results will be
dashed-out on both the screen and printout, and will not satisfy QC
lockout requirements for the associated analyte group (with or without QC
limits established).
• If a patient test is initiated and QC Lockout is “on” and Lockout
requirements have not been met, a lockout information screen displays.
Refer to Section 2-QC Lockout Screens for details on QC Lockout screen
messages.
Automatic EQC
When the IRMA TruPoint analyzer is being operated with the AC adapter,
EQC may be configured to run automatically according to a predefined EQC
lockout schedule. When due, an EQC test will automatically run 15 seconds
after the analyzer goes into sleep mode (i.e., after analyzer screen backlight
turns off following 2 minutes of inactivity). All of the general QC lockout
rules apply to auto-EQC. (See Section-3 for more information)
Activating or deactivating QC lockout
1. Press QC Lockout on the QC SETTINGS
menu. The Select Product Type screen
displays a product type picklist.
2. Highlight the desired product type and press
edit .
3. Press “on” to activate or “off” to deactivate
QC Lockout for the selected product type and
press
next . The Analyte Lockout screen
displays when “on” is selected.