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QC VALIDATOR 2.0
WITH AUTOMATIC QC SELECTION

Here's a glimpse of the chapters and sections contained in the Program Manual of QC Validator 2.0:

An Excerpt from the manual:

"QC Validator offers the first automatic selection of QC procedures for clinical laboratory testing processes.
The only input parameters necessary from users are

the analytical or clinical quality required for the test
the observed imprecision and inaccuracy of the method, and
the number of control materials to be analyzed.

From this information, the program will automatically select appropriate control rules and numbers of control measurements (N), facilitate user review of the recommended QC procedure, and provide hard copy documentation to validate the performance of the selected QC procedure.

For example, QC procedures can be selected based on the CLIA proficiency testing criterion for acceptability (entered as the analytical total error criterion), the imprecision and inaccuracy you observe for your method, and the CLIA requirement for two control materials (accounted for by using the automatic selection button for 2 materials)."

Table of Contents for the QC Validator 2.0 Program Manual:

1. Welcome to QC Validator	1
1.1 Introduction	2
1.2 System Requirements	3
1.3 Installation	4
1.4 Windows operating conventions	6
1.5 What's new with version 2.0	8
1.6 Special note for users of version 1.1	11
1.7 Limitations	12

2. Getting Started	15
2.1 Overview of program operation	15
2.2 User sign-on and password entry	17
2.3 Tutorial files	19

3. Tutorial	21
3.1 Enter parameters	23
3.2 Display power function graphs	25
3.3 Display critical-error graphs	26
3.4 Display OPSpecs charts	27
3.5 Change candidate QC procedures	28
3.6 Select QC manually	29
3.7 Display a QC validation report	30
3.8 Add comments to a report	31
3.9 Select graphs and charts for a report	32
3.10 Preview and print a report	33
3.11 Select QC automatically	34
3.12 Change auto QC selection criteria	36
3.13 Document auto QC selection criteria	38
3.14 Edit auto selection comments	39
3.15 Select QC candidates from table	41
3.16 Select QC automatically	46
3.17 Change auto QC selection logic	48
3.18 Change number of replicate samples	54
3.19 Enter a clinical quality requirement	56
3.20 Display clinical parameters	57
3.21 Select QC automatically	58
3.22 Customize auto QC selection criteria	59
3.23 Resort to maximum QC	64

4. Reference Guide	69
4.1 Automatic QC selection criteria	70
4.2 Automatic QC selection logic	77
4.3 Automatic Maximum QC Procedures	78
4.4 Candidate QC procedures	79
4.5 Critical-error graphs	84
4.6 Error messages	86
4.7 Exit	89
4.8 Export graphic and options	90
4.9 File password protection	92
4.10 Help	94
4.11 Maximum QC Procedures	99
4.12 New20.qc file	102
4.13 OPSpecs charts	104
4.14 Options	108
4.15 Parameters, test parameters	110
4.16 Password	114
4.17 Powerf function graphs	116
4.18 Preferences	118
4.19 Print, Print preview	120
4.20 Report, generate new, examine old	122
4.21 Save, Save as	127
4.22 Sign-on	127
4.23 Total error criteria	128
4.24 Utilities - Calculate %	129
4.25 Utilities - Edit candidate QC file	130
4.26 Utilities - Edit default selection criteria	133
5. Technical Background	137
5.1 Control rule abbreviations	138
5.2 Factors for calculating control limits	140
5.3 QC performance characteristics	141
5.4 Method performance characteristics	143
5.5 Quality planning models	145
5.6 Quality requirements	149
Routine Chemistry	151
Toxicology, Hematology	152
Endocrinology, General immunology	153
5.7 References	154

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QC VALIDATOR 2.0 WITH AUTOMATIC QC SELECTION

Here's a glimpse of the chapters and sections contained in the Program Manual of QC Validator 2.0:

An Excerpt from the manual:

Table of Contents for the QC Validator 2.0 Program Manual:

QC VALIDATOR 2.0
WITH AUTOMATIC QC SELECTION