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Said: My facility also does the Cal Ver and QC as well as patient sample comparison on the lab analyzers. We also get the AQSQ Quality Cross Check survey from CAP for our iSTATs twice per year which is done on all in use iSTATs.  I'm won...

Said: They perform the QC and I do the maintenance. I do have a manager that knows how to do some of the cleaning and will do it if there is an issue with the instrument.

Said: We contacted JC (SIG) in early May regarding these correlations. Their response stated that QC would be appropriate to use, and that JC nor CLIA regulations can define either what is used as "samples," or the number of samples performed...

Said: What?! Cannot use QC or Cal Ver data to crunch separately as correlation? I would highly recommend direct contact with JC again and request further investigation on this, find direct evidence in a regulation that states you cannot use Q...

Said: We just had our JC inspection last month. The inspector told us that using QC data or Cal Ver data are not acceptable as correlation data. Basically, they are separate events. Instead, he suggested (but cannot tell us what to do) that w...