New Liquid QC lot verification for ACT Plus and HMS Plus
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We are a CAP accredited facility that uses the ACT Plus and HMS Plus for HR-ACT testing. When we receive in new lot numbers/shipments of Liquid QC we currently run them each 10 times on the instrument before placing into use. Does anyone else do this? If not, what is your process for validating new lots/shipments of Liquid QC before putting into use? I am thinking that what we are currently doing is a little more than is what is required and it does use up a lot of materials for this process so I wanted to see what others may be doing. My email is aholland@catawbavalleymc.org if anyone prefers to respond via email. Thanks for any input!
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Since they are assayed, we just run them once. As long as they are within manufacturer ranges, we put them into use.
As Cindy said if the Controls are assayed you just have to run them once. If they are not assayed you have to run them several times to establish the range.
That's what I was thinking, that they only needed to be run once to verify they were running within the acceptable limits. The practice of running them 10 times each was in place prior to my taking this position, and I understand that this would be required on a new instrument to verify precision but not as a lot verification process. Thanks for your responses!
Same as others, run them once and compare, never had an issue with them.
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