CoaguChek XS - Quality Assurance Measures?

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Hi all,
For those with CoaguChek XS meters, do you have any additional quality measures in place due to the lack of external QC?  (I know the meter has an internal QC with every test) 

Our facility has an automated weekly report to compare POC INR to main lab INR when the patient happened to have both on the same day. These traditionally correlate well, but I'm interested in hearing what other systems may be doing. Thanks!

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There is external QC available.  Roche does not require it though.  We have our staff perform it monthly and new lot or new shipment of strips.  
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Thanks Anita, we have the basic XS meters though, not the XS Plus or Pro systems

We used these controls when we had the XS meters before upgrading to the XS Plus

When I was using it at my old office we would send a sample for correlation to the main hospital laboratory and keep them in a record log. Maybe every 3-6 months for comparison.

Does the PRO QC work on the XS meters?  It drives me crazy not having external QC, but last time I looked, I didn't think that QC was compatible with the XS>

I was told by Roche that all the meters are the same as far as testing goes. They all use the same strips. The difference is 
XS you cannot enter patient info
XS Plus you can enter patient info but cannot scan
XS Pro you can enter patient info and scan.
When we had the XS, we used the liquid controls on them with no issues.

Joy Truong

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