Validation of Dried Tube Sample Format Quality Controls for the Monitoring of Viral Load and Blood Screening Assays.

HIV viral load (VL) and donor screening assays experience variation and require quaity assurance (QA). NRL sought to confirm a dried tube sample format (HIVDTS) sample type for use in quality control (QC) programs for HIV molecular testing. 50 μL of HIV supernatant at 1 × 10 copies per millilitre (copies/mL)) was dried for 48 hours at room temperature.