Hi Sarah,



That makes sense to me as a reasonable solution. Thanks.



David Ryder, Point of Care Testing Coordinator



University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 4LF



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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Glover Sarah [RCD]

Sent: 23 April 2018 09:51

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Subject: Re: UKAS Findings



Hi David,



Our glucose and ketone strips also have ranges associated with each lot. These do differ for each lot but are very similar. The way we approach this is to re-evaluate the QC limits every 6 months for each strip lot currently in use. Once we have calculated the range for each lot, we then establish an appropriate range which can be applied to all lots. This is done by setting the lower QC limit as the lowest limit of all strip lots and the higher QC limit as the highest upper limit of all strip lots.



Kind Regards

Sarah



Dr Sarah Glover PhD FRCPath

Consultant Clinical Biochemist & POCT Clinical Lead

Blood Sciences, Biochemistry

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

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