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Calibration vs Quality Control

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Laboratory Quality Management supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

Separate calibration from quality control using simple daily-laboratory language.

Intermediate8 min read15 sectionsLaboratory Quality Management
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Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is a daily bench skill, not advanced statistics or accreditation theory.

  • Define calibration as setting or adjusting instrument response with calibrators
  • Define QC as checking that the system still produces trustworthy results
  • Explain why calibration does not replace QC and QC does not replace calibration

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