QUALITY CONTROL Improving Laboratory Performance Through Quality Control What QC format is best for your laboratory? Complete QC solutions for results you can trust

What QC format is best for your laboratory? Quality Control (QC) is vitally important in ensuring accurate patient test results, but it can be a time consuming process for laboratory staff. In an industry where budgets and resources are increasingly under pressure, laboratories are continuously looking for ways to ensure high levels of throughput without compromising on accuracy. In light of this, there has been a significant drive to develop products and services to help streamline QC, provide assistance to laboratories with the interpretation of results, troubleshoot problems and improve overall...

Greater Choice Quality Controls come in a range of different formats. It is important to note that there are two distinct types of liquid controls available, liquid ready-to-use and liquid for ease-of-use (better known as liquid frozen), as well as a lyophilised format which is a powder like substance that requires reconstitution. The benefit of running liquid controls is that the potential for errors in reconstitution or the introduction of contamination is reduced. However, the two types of liquid formats have their own benefits and drawbacks. Liquid frozen controls need to be thawed before...

A problem shared is a problem halved The ability to correctly interpret the resulting data arising from internal QC is vital, however in order to do so adequately, laboratories need to be able to monitor their performance as part of a wider data group. Picture the following scenario: You’re running routine QC and the results being reported are 25% low to target. What do you do next? Re-run QC and keep your fingers crossed the results are closer to target the next time, or start troubleshooting to find the potential problem? If you’re part of a chain of laboratories you might turn to colleagues...

With Randox QC there are a vast array of controls available in liquid ready-to-use, liquid for ease-of-use and lyophilised formats. Liquid Frozen - Must be stored in a laboratory grade, frost-free freezer Do not require reconstitution however do need to be thawed before use. Need to thaw. Controls available include; • Clinical Chemistry • Immunoassay Lyophilised - Enhanced stability. Suitable for warmer climates, however reconstitution errors are possible. Controls available include; • Chemistry • Immunoassay • Cardiac • Coagulation • HbA1c • Lipids • TDM Liquid Ready-to-Use - No preparation...

Randox is a world leading provider of multi-analyte, third party controls designed to help streamline QC in even the most demanding laboratories. Our unique combination of analytes enables complete test menu consolidation and will ultimately reduce costs without compromising on quality or performance. Helping to facilitate ISO 15189 accreditation, our complete range of true third party controls will enable unbiased performance assessment with any instrument or method. Why choose Randox as your third party QC provider? Delivering unrivalled consolidation and covering clinical decision levels the...

Designed to deliver significant cost savings without sacrificing on quality, the range is guaranteed to simplify QC practice in any lab. Just ask one of our 60,000 users worldwide. • Reduce QC costs and preparation time with consolidated controls combining up to 100 analytes in a single vial. • Eradicate the need for additional controls at extra expense with analytes present at clinical decision levels. • Make expensive lot changes a thing of the past with our exceptional shelf life and stability. • Eliminate inconvenient shifts in QC values when reagent batch is changed with a 100% human matrix...

QUALITY CONTROL Randox Laboratories Ltd, 55 Diamond Road, Crumlin, County Antrim, BT29 4QY, United Kingdom +44 (0) 28 9442 2413 True third party controls offering complete test menu consolidation Uniquely combining more than 100 analytes conveniently in a single control, laboratories can significantly reduce costs and consolidate without compromising on quality. As true third party controls, unbiased performance assessment with any instrument or method is guaranteed. Online QC software with real-time peer group statistics Compatible for use with the Acusera range of third party controls, the...