A preparation of fresh, frozen, or lyophilized plasma collected from human or animal blood or artificially derived material, intended for use in the quality control process. Control plasmas are used to monitor all aspects of the laboratory test system, including reagents, instruments, reconstituting and diluting fluids, and pipettes. Normal control plasmas should give test results within the reference interval. Abnormal control plasmas should give values within a clinically relevant abnormal range.
