• Objectives: At the end of this presentation the participant will be able to:
• Discuss requirements for specimen collection and acceptability, as well as, test kit and reagent preparation and storage.
• Review Quality Control Procedures including how and when to run QC.
• Review Patient Testing Procedures including: patient preparation; patient identification; safe handling of bio-hazardous materials AND how to perform a patient test.
• Discuss Results Review procedures including how to interpret results and what actions to take.
• Discuss and understand the limitations of test kits.
• Review Basic Troubleshooting Steps

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