Quality control data management with unity real-time in molecular virology.

Introduction: Quality control (QC) is one component of an overarching quality management system (QMS) that aims at assuring laboratory quality and patient safety. QC data must be acceptable prior to reporting patients' results. Traditionally, QC statistics, records, and corrective actions were tracked at the Johns Hopkins Molecular Virology Laboratory using Microsoft Excel.

Evaluation and operationalization of commercial serum indices quality control material in the clinical laboratory.

Background: Evaluation of specimen suitability for downstream analytical testing and identification of potential interferents in the clinical laboratory is critical for the generation of actionable clinical results. Within the clinical laboratory, hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia are commonly assessed spectrophotometrically. While clinical laboratories rely on analyte-specific quality control (QC) materials to monitor test or instrument performance, QC materials evaluating specimen integrity checks are infrequently implemented.