Internal and External Quality Control

Question

Which of the following statements about external quality control are true?

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Accreditation requirements include external quality control.

External quality control compares results from different laboratories.

PT samples should be processed separately from regular patient samples.

A PT activity is considered successful if 80% of a lab's results are within the acceptable range.

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