We run a negative control per patient sample and a positive control per antibody.

Dave Reynolds, HT(ASCP)
UWMC
Seattle, WA


On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, John Spair wrote:

> Just curious....how many of you out there, who do ICC, run seperate negative
> controls?  We generally use a positive control with it's negative portion -
> but it's seems during our recent CAP inspection that inspectors seem to have
> a problem with this and are recommending running a seperate negative
> control.  Thanks.
> 
> John Spair, Manager
> Pathology Services
> LABORATORIES Northwest
> MultiCare Health System
> john.spair@multicare.org
> 253-403-6090
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