Important Concepts in Quality Control: Internal and External Quality Control

External Quality Control (3)

  • Participation in some sort of proficiency testing program is now required by all accrediting bodies and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA).
  • Because the results must be returned to a testing center for comparison, there is a delay between the time of testing and the receipt of any statistical summary.

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