INSURANCE

Quality

Quality Control Programs

Clinical Reference Laboratory staffs full-time Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA & QC) officers whose purpose is to ensure the accuracy of the testing equipment and their results. CRL:

• Maintains licensing certifications
• Maintains and calibrates instruments
• Incorporates 10% open controls and 1% blind controls

Quality Assurance Programs

Quality Assurance consists of a system whereby the laboratory can assure clients that the laboratory is generating data of proven and known quality.

Quality Assurance depends primarily on documentation to

Demonstrate that Quality Control operations are carried out.
• Assure that the data reported represents analyses on the sample as submitted.
• Assure traceability of reported data, e.g., the analyst who ran the test, the method used, the raw data collected, the status of the quality control system, etc.