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Said: : "Just a little heads up with having the POCC or lab staff run the new lot/shipment of QC. I had some inspectors try to site our facility because I ran the majority of the QC when we received a new shipment. POC.07512 States that QC is ru...

Said: : "To all. We do it kind of like Silka and outline it in procedure and IQCP. The sites (lab techs) run New lot/ new shipment QC on whatever ISTAT is handy. We live in a very hot area and this proves cartridges have not been baked on a load...

Said: : "So what you can do for your IQCP is take all of that LQC you have been doing and show how often it was out. In our case, back when we were doing all iSTAT's for all analytes every 30 days, it was literally never out - not even once over t...

Said: : "I explain it like this: a traditional chemistry analyzer has on-board reagents that get mixed with the patient specimen at very precise volumes of diluent and catalyst, to create a reaction within a small reaction vessel or test tube, and...

Said: : "Yes, that was CAP's argument before the invention of the glorious IQCP. Baseline Manufacturer Recommendation: LQC is not required AT ALL, the cartridges QC and Calibrate themselves with each run. CAP Baseline: Lot/Shipment QC is require...