Installation Qualification (IQ)

As defined in cooperation with EURACHEM, Installation Qualification (IQ) is "the process of installing an instrument up to and including its response to the initial start of operation" [P. Bedson and M. Sargent, Accred. Qual. Assur. (1996) 1, 265-274].

An important task of Installation Qualification is to perform all formal checks necessary to ensure that the instrument and its individual components are supplied as ordered; i.e., according to the specification agreed on by the customer and the manufacturer. In addition, IQ checks that the instrument is correctly installed in the selected environment. Finally, IQ must be formally documented.

Installation Qualification is performed in accordance with this definition and the Dionex IQ manual.

To start Installation Qualification for your chromatography system, select Instruments IQ on the Qualification menu.

To start Installation Qualification for Chromeleon, select Chromeleon IQ on the Qualification menu, and then click Check Installation. Chromeleon IQ checks the system information and Chromeleon status, as well as all installed files. Examine the report for possible installation errors.

 Note:

Warnings may appear stating that higher versions of the system files and the ODBC files already existed before Chromeleon was installed.

Select Save, Save as, or Print on the File menu to formally document Chromeleon IQ from the indicated report (IQReport.log - Editor dialog box).

For more information about Installation Qualification, refer to Validation and Qualification  Chromeleon Installation Qualification in the Administrator Help section.

 Tip: 

Dionex AutoQ includes three qualification procedures: Operational Qualification, Performance Qualification, and Installation Qualification.