Patent ID: 11867708
Assignee: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for quality control of a hematology laboratory instrument, the method comprising:
ejecting a cassette received from an input buffer in a case wherein a processor determines that the cassette is a mixed cassette that comprises both a quality control specimen and a patient specimen, wherein the processor is configured to cause the ejection of the cassette responsive to the determination that the cassette is the mixed cassette;
the processor further configured to:
determining that the cassette includes the quality control specimen;
in a case wherein the cassette includes the quality control specimen, does not include the patient specimen, and is not ejected, testing the quality control specimen with a first testing apparatus to obtain a first measurement of a parameter;
responsive to determining that the first measurement is outside an expected tolerance:
causing the first testing apparatus to cease performing tests on additional patient specimens from one or more additional cassettes comprising ceasing tests in progress on the additional patient specimens and/or ceasing tests to be performed on the additional patient specimens that are in the input buffer, and testing the quality control specimen to obtain a second measurement; and

responsive to determining the second measurement is within the expected tolerance:
restarting the tests in progress on the additional patient specimens and/or the tests to be performed on the additional patient specimens that are in the input buffer; and

responsive to determining the second measurement is outside the expected tolerance:
continuing to cause the first testing apparatus to cease the tests in progress on the additional patient specimens and/or to be performed on the additional patient specimens that are in the input buffer.