P.V. Module Workflow
The DoseControl Performance Verification (P.V.) Module enables you to do a ‘daily check’ of the Evolution reader’s performance directly in the software. All you need is a photometric standard from a certified Standards Kit (such as the Thermo Spectronic Standards Kit). DoseControl will walk the user through the P.V. test.
Summary: P.V. Module operation
The P.V. Module can be turned off/on in DoseControl. This global activation switch allows the Application Admin user role to make the P.V. Module active in the software. The software will prompt you to enter a comment when you activate or inactivate the module, and the event and comment is logged in the Audit trail history.
P.V. Test results and records
The P.V. test results can be saved or printed as a final PV Report (secure PDF format).
All P.V. test activities and results are recorded in the audit trail (Audit Trail -> filter by Performance Verification).
All P.V. test records are displayed on the P.V. Module main screen, with the most current P.V. test at the top of the list.
P.V. Test records from (read only) - If you have upgraded from an older version of DoseControl, all P.V. test records executed in the older version of the software are available as PDF records.
Each P.V. Method can be made active/inactive in DoseControl.
A “P.V. Method” is the type of test. A specific Standards Kit is required for the P.V. Method. See P.V. Methods.
Multiple P.V. Methods can be active in the software at one time. (Each P.V. Method has reference standards kit information, so this means you can have multiple standards kits available for use at the same time.)
The Application Admin can setup one or more P.V. Methods, and activate/inactivate as needed.
P.V. Module Workflow
P.V testing workflow description
To perform a P.V. test, the user clicks the ‘Run a Verification Test’ button on the P.V. Module home screen. See How to Execute a P.V. Method for screenshots and details.
The user must select from a drop-down menu of active P.V. Methods. The user can see which Standard Kit and Standard ID is expected for the P.V. Method.
The software will guide the user through the P.V. test workflow using pop-up messages instructing the user when to zero the reader, when to insert the testing standard, and which testing standard to use.
The P.V. test will run automatically, taking about 2 minutes to analyze the results and display a “pass” or “fail” for each of the photometric and wavelength accuracy parameters.
If any test parameter fails, DoseControl will not allow dosimeter measurements using the failed reader.
The module enforces a process that guides the user to repeat the P.V. test for the failed reader.
If the second test passes, the software prompts a second user to log in and repeat the P.V. test to confirm the passing results. (Any second user must log in to confirm testing results.)
Only if the P.V. test is passed by both the first and second reader will the software allow the reader to be used to make dosimeter measurements. See P.V. Test Results Pass/Fail Rules
