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Temperature Excursion

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

When storage temperature goes out of range overnight, quarantine the affected materials and assess before use, do not test patients with reagents or controls of unknown integrity.

Intermediate9 min read15 sectionsLaboratory Quality Management
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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is a practical judgment skill for everyday laboratory work, not regulation memorization.

  • Recognize a temperature excursion as storage conditions that fell outside the range required for reagents, controls, or specimens
  • Quarantine and assess affected materials before deciding whether they can be used
  • Explain why questionable reagents or controls must not be used for patient testing until assessed

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