Bayer HealthCare Rapidlab 800 - Manual (Page 478)

800 Series Operator's Manual 5Ć68
Archiving QC Data
Use this procedure to copy the previous month’s QC files and statistics from the
hard disk to a diskette. The system copies all QC files at the same time.
You can archive the previous month’s QC data one or more times during the
current month. At the end of the current month, the system permanently deletes the
previous month’s QC data.
Use the archive diskette to view and print QC file reports, Levey-Jennings charts,
and statistical summary reports of archived QC data. Refer to Viewing Archived
QC Data, page 5-70, for more information on viewing and printing archived data.
You cannot edit or restore data from an archive diskette.
1. Access the Archive QC screen from the Menu screen:
a. Select 7 System Utilities and press Enter .
b. Select 2 Disk Utilities and press Enter .
c. Select 2 Archive and press Enter .
NOTE:ĄĂ If you archive before you analyze the first QC sample of the current
month, you can print statistical summary reports of the previous month’s QC
data before you archive.
2. Perform one of the following options.
If you want to . . . Press . . .
print a QC statistical
summary report before
archiving Print . The system prints the QC Statistical
Summary. When printing is complete, the Begin
Archiving message appears, prompting you to insert
a diskette.
archive QC data without
printing a report Archive . The Begin Archiving message appears,
prompting you to insert a diskette.
stop the archiving process Cancel . The system returns to the Archive QC
screen. Press Cancel again.
3. Insert a DOS-formatted diskette in the diskette drive and press Continue .
The Writing to the diskette message appears during the archive. When
archiving is complete, a message box appears containing archive diskette
information.
4. Remove the diskette and label it with the date and time of archive.
5. Press OK .
6. Press Home to return to the Ready screen.
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