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Prepare

Every sample, prepared the same way.

The lab selects the right Q-Strip against the panel’s criteria, runs the prep configured for that panel and labels every tube, the same way in every lab.

An extraction tube labeled with its Sample ID, holding material from a Q-Strip
The Samples App

Every prep, set up in the Samples App.

On one screen in Samples, the technician sees the kit’s panels, the prep configured for them and both Q-Strips with their photos from intake. Select the right Q-Strip, reject the other with a reason, and print the labels for every tube.

SamplesFor laboratories, on iPad
Download Samples on the App Store

Animation of the Pre-Analytical page in the Samples App: Q-Pad 2 is rejected as Quantity Not Sufficient, Q-Pad 1 is selected, and the labels for the extraction tube and two aliquots print.

Select the Q-Strip

The right Q-Strip, for every panel.

Each Q-Strip is judged against the same acceptance and rejection criteria, set for the panel’s prep. The best Q-Strip goes on to preparation, and a rejection always has a defined reason.

A Q-Strip with both collection pads well covered with sample
Selected

Well covered with sample. Meets the acceptance criteria for the panel, and goes on to preparation.

A Q-Strip with only sparse patches of sample on its collection pads
Rejected · Quantity Not Sufficient

Only sparsely covered. Not enough sample to run the panel, and the reason is recorded with the kit.

AcceptAcceptance criteria

  • Sufficient sampleThe collection pads are well covered with sample for this panel.
  • Even coverageThe sample is spread evenly, not light or patchy.
  • Clean sampleNo contaminant is visible on the sample.
  • Intact Q-StripThe Q-Strip is undamaged, with room for this panel.

RejectRejection criteria

  • Quantity Not Sufficient (QNS)There is not enough sample on this strip to run this panel.
  • Light sampleThis sample was too light to run this panel.
  • Contaminated sampleThere is a contaminant (ie. feces, mold) in the sample and it cannot be run.
  • Strip not intactThere is damage to the strip (ie. torn) that leaves no room for this panel.
  • Other issue at Panel levelThere was an uncategorized issue. See comment.

The criteria are set for each prep configuration, so every lab judges a Q-Strip the same way.

Invented at Qvin

Our own way to take the sample. And we are keeping it to ourselves.

We invented a new way to take sample material from the Q-Strip. Patent applications are filed, and it is already in use in Qvin Labs. How it works stays in our lab. What it does shows up in your data.

  • Zero carryoverCross-contamination risk removed from the process.
  • Exactly the right sampleWe choose precisely which part of the sample is used, and document it.
  • More sample, every timeMaximum yield from every Q-Strip.
  • Built for automationAn automated prep flow, faster today and built to run itself.