INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY CONTROL

Question 1

refers to control of the activities employed in the handling of samples and examination processes in order to ensure accurate and reliable testing.

Answer 1

PROCESS CONTROL

Question 2

monitors activities related to the examination (analytical) phase of testing.

Answer 2

QUALITY CONTROL

Question 3

2 TYPES OF QUALITY CONTROL

Answer 3

• INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL
• EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL

Question 4

electronic, internal and procedural controls contained within the test system that ensures the reliability.

Answer 4

INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL

Question 5

commercial controls used to verify accuracy and reliability of patient test results.

Answer 5

EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL

Question 6

measures the quantity of an analyte present in the sample, and measurements need to be accurate and precise.

Answer 6

QUANTITATIVE EXAMINATIONS

Question 7

• are those that measure the presence or absence of a substance or evaluate cellular characteristics such as morphology.
• the results are not expressed in numerical terms, but in qualitative terms such as “positive” or “negative”, “reactive” or “nonreactive”, “normal” or “abnormal” and “growth” or “no growth”

Answer 7

QUALITATIVE EXAMINATIONS

Question 8

results of these tests are expressed as an estimate of how much of the measured substance is present.

Answer 8

SEMIQUANTITATIVE EXAMINATIONS