Group B Strep Awareness Month

Group B Strep Awareness Month

The CDC and other health organizations recognize July as International Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep, GBS) month. In many ways, Group B Strep seems somewhat harmless, remaining asymptomatic for most healthy adults who carry the bacteria. Yet the same factors...
Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

This blog post is the second in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. In a previous blog post, we highlighted the importance of external quality control products for QC in the clinical laboratory, rather than relying solely on internal controls built into...
The Necessity of External Controls

The Necessity of External Controls

This post on external quality controls is the first in our series on Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory, which also covers third-party controls and IVD labelled controls. By principle, quality control (QC) in the clinical laboratory must subject all...