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Siemens Critical Care Analysers SOP
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Instrumentation
Information concerning individual chemistries: - principles of analysis, clinical interpretation etc. are to
be found in the appendices at the end of this document.
Parameters available on each instrument vary according to location.
The instruments and locations are listed in the document
Siemens critical care analyser list
Reagents and Quality Control
All reagents and QC are obtained from
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics Limited
Sir William Siemens Square
Frimley
Camberley
Surrey
GU16 8QD
Tel: 0845 600 1955 (24hr. service)
0845 600 1966 (orders)
Stocks of all
consumables
are ordered by Blood Science on behalf of all other Directorates and are held
centrally in the laboratory. A small working stock is kept in each location.
IF YOU INSTALL THE LAST CARTRIDGE ON AN INSTRUMENT PLEASE NOTIFY THE BMS
WHO WILL NEXT VISIT THE LOCATION TO REPLENISH THE STOCK.
(The BMS next to visit the analyser will be found on the weekly rota)
RECORD THE REAGENT INSTALLATION ON THE APPROPRIATE LOGSHEET.
Quality Control
For Rapidpoint 405 & Rapidlab 1200 series analysers, three levels of AQC are carried out
automatically
, one level every 4 hours
according to
a
pre programmed timetable. Any sensor failing IQC
at one or more levels is disabled by the analyser until the errors are resolved. The AQC cartridges are
stored at 2
-8
0
C in fridge
room 4063 and are stable until
expiry date.
(
Siemens
part number 05293926
)
Cumulative performance for all Analysers is archived by and may be viewed from the RAPIDCOM
comp
uter (see separate SOP
)
All analysers
are registered for
monthly
EQA
under WEQAS
Maintenance procedures
1.
EACH LOCATION REQUIRES A DAILY VISIT AND according to each instruments
schedule weekly maintenance must be carried o
ut. (For low use instruments, 6B
, BGH Lab &
BGH ward 11 this should be carried out ever two weeks) N.B. It is essential that one of the
ITU analysers is always available. Therefore maintenance must always be completed on one
analyser before commencing work on the second.
2.
405 & 1200
series analysers require their cartrid
ges to be changes at defined intervals.
3.
The analysers based at LWH HDU and BGH WD 11 are maintained by trained ward staff.
For BGH WD 11 this is the ward manager
For LWH HDU contact the ward manager
4 When laboratory staff visit clinical areas to carry out maintenance or to train staff a clean
laboratory coat must be worn. When entering wards or clinical areas hands must be cleaned
with the alcohol based hand rub provided. A bottle of this must be carried in event of their
being no supply at the entran
ce to the ward.
