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Said: I think it is up to the medical director, or policy on this particular item. We don't perform all levels all days either. We do both/all levels once a week - day 1, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 32. 

Said: We just ran the liquids 1x per day due to cost and feasibility.  You can also show with the study that EQC is stable every 8 hours over that 30 days too....I guess running liquid QC every 8 hours for 30 days would probably be best....

Said: Leigh-  can you tell me the WHY for you did 2 levels of QC once a day for 30days and NOT 2 levels of QC every 8 hours for 30 days.  I'm getting mixed guidance on this aspect of the IQCP.

Said: I ran liquid QC on 1 meter 1x per day for 30 days.  I did not do every 8 hours for 30 days.  Our facility only brought on 3 meters.  We have another facility that just purchased 5 meters and we intend on doing the 30 day ...

Said: For the 30 days of QC to validate your IQCP, did you run it on every meter, just one, or a certain subset?  I just received 16 Hemochron GEM 100s. Did you run your external QC daily or every 8 hours that first 30 days?