Overview of Setup Menu
Login as the Application Administrator or global admin. Select the “Setup” icon (gear icon) on the left menu bar.
Application Admin must complete the software setup configuration prior to qualification and usage; the software configuration must be maintained as necessary when changes to the user’s dosimetry process occur such as new calibrations, new measurement instruments are added, instrument calibration dates have changed, etc.
From the software Setup menu, the Application Admin (or global admin) user can configure the following:
Pathways (Radiation pathways):
The software can be configured to handle dosimetry for multiple facilities, irradiators, or pathways in each irradiator. Go to Setup - Pathways.
Dosimeter Types:
Configure the types of dosimeters to be used. Go to Setup - Dosimeter Types.
Dosimeter Batches:
Configure the dosimeter batch ID that is specific to a calibration. Go to Setup - Batches.
Readers (Spectrophotometers):
Spectrophotometer information. Go to Setup - Readers.
Calibrations:
Setup the information for each dosimeter batch calibration (also known as dosimetry system calibration). Calibration functions define the mathematical relationship between the dosimeter response and dose for each instrument. Each combination of pathway, batch, and reader may have one active calibration at any given time. Go to Setup - Calibrations.
For IQOQ qualification and testing of the dosimetry system any calibration (e.g. a generic calibration) may be used.
It is a requirement that a calibration be active in the system otherwise the software will not allow dosimeter measurement. Only one calibration can be active for any combination of pathway, measurement instrument (reader), and dosimeter batch at any given time.
Report Types:
Setup the information to be included in a dosimetry report by configuring report types and report header fields.
About Dosimetry Reports in DoseControl
Re-reads (re-measurement of a dosimeter):
Configure dosimeter re-read process, reasons, number of re-reads allowed, how the user can do a re-read, etc. Go to Setup - Re-reads.
Miscellaneous Dosimetry Workflow Configurations:
Manual Mode option, Enable ‘0’ Reader option, User Lock Out option, Filter Report List option. Go to Setup - Miscellaneous.