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Quality Control and Quality Assurance

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

Distinguishing run-level quality control checks from the broader quality assurance system that keeps laboratory work reliable over time.

Foundational9 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 practical laboratory skill, not accreditation theory or statistics.

  • Define quality control (QC) as run checks that show the method is working today
  • Define quality assurance (QA) as the broader system that keeps work reliable over time
  • Apply a simple QC vs QA distinction without accreditation or statistics language

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