Many assays have integrated, built-in, or internal controls to demonstrate their operability at specific procedural steps. What role do these built-in controls play in quality control to assure ...

Internal quality control is an integral process of laboratory testing. A clinical laboratory's coagulation quality control (QC) program is a critical component of its quality assessment program. The ...

A job is inspection ready when basic items like covers, labels, and support are complete — not necessarily perfect. Calling for an inspection too early often results in identifying simple, preventable ...