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Internal Controls

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

Explain internal controls in molecular QC and how failed internal controls affect release decisions.

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Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is an everyday molecular laboratory quality skill, not a full accreditation curriculum.

  • Explain what an internal or process control protects at the specimen or reaction level
  • Refuse to report a blank target with a failed internal control as a true negative
  • Place internal-control QC beside, not instead of, positive/negative run controls

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