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Siemens Critical Care Analysers SOP
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D Harrison
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03/08/09
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Used cartridges must be treated as contaminated waste and disposed at the site of use in
yellow clinical waste bags
Conditioning of the measure cartridge with blood or plasma is
necessary for optimal performance.
If the instrument is frequently used, normal analysis of patient samples will be sufficient for this.
If the analyser is only used infrequently then a conditioning sample must be analysed as soon as the
analyser has com
pleted its initial calibration following installation.
This
sample is provided by the laboratory to the appropriate units, the most suitable material being
an expired serum IQC.
The sample is transferred to a 1ml syringe and analysed 5 times. The patient
data entered should
be:
- Patient ID - 7654321Q. Last Name BLOGGS. The results obtained have no meaning and
should be discarded.
There are two analysers that this should be performed on :
-
BGH Theatre and LWH HDU
Failure to carry out this procedure may
result in the failure of the Measure Cartridge, which Siemens
will then refuse to replace.
