MultiQC
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Direct acquisition
of QC data
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MultiQC is an innovating software application
specifically designed for quality control (QC) in medical
laboratories. Results of QC assays and EQA returns can be
entered into MultiQC by hand either analyte by analyte or
grouped into profiles. A better way is direct acquisition
without keyboarding. All of the following modules are free. User
manuals are included in the installation packages but
they can be also separately consulted before deciding to
download.
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| MultiQC can receive
QC data from a serial port |
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There are three possible
architectures for connecting a QC computer to a clinical
chemistry analyzer. They are explained in the document CnxArchitecture.pdf (pdf file, 230 KB). In any case, you need a
QC receiver interface. QC receiver interfaces are
auxiliary programs which can receive data from clinical
chemistry analyzers through a serial port, extract QC
results and pass them to MultiQC. If you want to connect
several identical analyzers to a unique QC computer, you
need several interfaces which are identified by different
GUIDs in the registry of Windows. They are suffixed by A,
B and C in the table below :
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| Any software
application can send QC data to MultiQC |
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1) The shared
file method : The analyser or a third-party
software is in charge of outputting QC data to temporary
shared files which are stored in an exchange folder. The
file-link interface is a program which scans this folder
at regular intervals. As soon as a QC file is found, it
is read. Data are transmitted to MultiQC and the
temporary file is erased or renamed. Several analyzers can send their QC
files to a common shared folder and a common interface if
the formats of the files are the same. Otherwise you need
to install several file-link interfaces which are
identified by different GUIDs in the registry of Windows.
They are suffixed by A, B and C in the table below :
2) The automation
technology : Any software can directly send QC
data to a local or distant instance of MultiQC thanks to
the COM technology (Common Object Model) by Microsoft.
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| Off-line retrieval
of EQA returns |
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The Riqas returns (Randox
International Quality Assessment Scheme) can be directly
incorporated in MultiQC thanks to a dedicated program
named "Riqas-To-MultiQC".
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© Philippe Marquis, MD
Metz - FRANCE
www.multiqc.com
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