General Lab Medicine

QUALITY CONTROL OF THE EXAMINATION PROCESS (MLS)

Learning Lab for Medical Laboratory Scientists

Author information
Laura Parnas, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Dr Parnas disclosed no conflict of interest

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss basic concepts in quality control in the clinical laboratory
  • Explain implementation of quality control procedures
  • Evaluate quality control parameters: charts and rules
  • Verify method performance with quality control
  • Monitor method performance
  • Discuss external quality assessment