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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING OF PULMONARY FUNCTION LABORATORY AND EQUIPMENT
SOP Number: PFL 200.03 Effective Date: Version Number & Date: 3rd version; 01 Mar 2011 Superseded Version Number & Date (if applicable): Supersedes version 200.02 14 Oct 2009 Review Date:
Revision Chronology:
Version Number
200.01 200.02 200.03
Version Date
05Jun2007 14Oct2009 01 Mar 2011
Printed Name Written By: Reviewed By: Approved By: Shayna McKay Sandra Halko Grace Parraga
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9. PROCEDURES A. Calibration and Quality Control of Equipment All calibration and quality control procedures must be carried out by certified personnel (see PFL SOP 201: Training and Certification). Calibration of all pulmonary testing equipment in the pulmonary function laboratory should be performed on days when testing is being performed or at least once a week, whichever is more often. Calibration is to be carried out according to the manufacturers directions. In addition to calibration logs that may be maintained digitally by the equipment, a hard copy of the calibration report should be obtained, initialled and dated, and filed in the calibration log binder in the PFL as source documentation. Quality control should be performed on all applicable equipment (equipment for which quality control processes have been developed by the manufacturer) at least once a month or after equipment maintenance has been performed, whichever is more often. Quality control is to be carried out according to the manufacturers directions. In addition to logs of quality control that may be maintained digitally by the equipment, a hard copy the quality control report should be obtained, initialled and dated, and filed in the quality control binder in the PFL as source documentation.
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