Important Concepts in Quality Control: Controls

Why Run Controls?

  • Running controls helps monitor and control analytic error when performing a testing procedure.
  • The bottom line: can we accept this test's results with certainty?
  • There is no one quality control format that is appropriate or practical for every testing situation; nor will a single QC system detect every error.

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