Patent ID: 8635047

Claim:
A method of inspecting point-of-care biological test appliances for on-site implementation using an inspection appliance, the method comprising the steps of: a) on-site inputting or reception of qualitative data (QLD[i]) characterizing a point-of-care biological test appliance for inspection and characterizing the environment in which the appliance is to be found; b) on-site inputting or reception of a value (QTD[i]) of a biological variable of a control solution as measured by the point-of-care biological test appliance for inspection; c) acquiring a value (OTD CTL ) of the biological variable of the control solution as measured by a reference biological test appliance; d) transmitting the input or received value (QTD[i]), the acquired value (QTD CTL ), and the input or received qualitative data (QLD[i]) to a centralizing computer system; e) within the centralizing computer system, determining a bias that is to be expected between the input or received value (QTD[i]) of the biological variable and the value (QTD CTL ) as measured by the reference appliance, the expected bias being determined as a function of the input or received qualitative data (QLD[i]), including data relating to the environment in which the appliance is used, and of comparison data stored in the computer system; f) comparing the value (QTD[i]) as measured by the point-of-care biological test appliance with the value (QTD CTL ) as measured by the reference appliance while taking the bias into account; g) storing comparison data relating to the comparison performed in the computer system, said comparison data being stored in association with the qualitative data; h) within the computer system, generating a inspection report; and i) sending the report to the inspection appliance or to a computer terminal associated with the inspection appliance.