Setting up Materials for QC and Linearity Job Aid

Setting Up Materials for Quality Control and Linearity Setting up QC Materials for Blood Gas NOTE: Setting up QC materials for Blood Gas instruments requires three steps: Defining Products, Defining Lots, Assigning Lots. Setting up QC materials is not necessary for other types of instruments. 1. If the QC product was not previously configured, navigate to Devices > Material setup > Define Product. a. Select Add. b. Enter the information for Product Name, Manufacturer, Catalog and Level, select the Tests and Units that the QC will be used for and click OK. 2. Define the new lots by navigating to Devices > Material setup > Define Lot. a. Select the model series from the tree on the left and then select Add. b. Select the Product Name, enter the Lot Number and Expiration Date. c. Enter the Low Limit and High Limit values. 3. Assign the new lot to by navigating to Devices > Material setup > Assign Lot. a. Select the instrument device type or device group from the navigation tree. b. Select the QC tab and select the Select Lots… button. c. Check the boxes of the desired lot and select Assign. 4. The lot will initially be in a “Trial” state. When ready to make the lot “Active”. a. Navigate to Devices > Material setup > Assign Lot and select the device type or group from the tree. b. Select the lot, select Edit, change the State pull down from “Trial” to “Active” and select OK. GPE11001.008 Effective Date: 07/23/2014 Setting Up Materials for Quality Control and Linearity Setting up Linearity Materials for Blood Gas 1. If the Linearity product was not previously configured, navigate to Devices > Material setup > Define Product. a. Select the Linearity tab and select Add. b. Enter the information for Product Name, Manufacturer, Catalog number and the Level names, the Tests and Units that the material will be used for and then select OK. 2. Define the new lots by navigating to Devices > Material setup > Define Lot. a. Select the model series from the tree on the left, select the Linearity tab and then click Add. b. Select the Product Name, enter the Lot Number and Expiration Date. c. Enter the Low Limit and High Limit values for the first level. Once complete change the level pull down to the next level and enter the values. d. Repeat for all levels and then select OK. 3. Assign the new lot to by navigating to Devices > Material setup > Assign Lot. a. Select the instrument device type or device group from the navigation tree. b. Select the Linearity tab and select the select Lots… button. c. Check the boxes of the desired lot and select Assign.