This company now offers assay validation kits to provide clinical laboratories with standardized calibrators, controls and testing protocols for the introduction of molecular diagnostic assays using analyte specific reagents (ASRs) or components developed in-house as “homebrew” reagents.
These QC support products are designed to help laboratories meet internal quality assurance standards, as well as external CLIA and certification requirements.
The validation kits can be used for training new and current staff, and to validate new lots of material and real-time PCR performance.
The kits are available in both HCV and HBV and come with 14 calibrators (7×2 sets), 9 controls (3×3 sets), and 1 protocol.
Both hepatitis controls are calibrated to WHO standards, which can help bolster physicians’ use of laboratory results in making therapeutic decisions. This company also provides an HCV Genotyping panel, HIV drug resistance genotyping controls, and LabQC.Org, a web-based portal for proficiency testing programs.
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Keywords: controls, molecular diagnostics, HBV, HCV
