General Lab Medicine

QUALITY CONTROL OF THE EXAMINATION PROCESS (ADVANCED)

Learning Lab Advanced

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