Purchase of third party quality control materials for a wide range of testing in the Hospital Pathology Laboratories covering analytes for Chemistry, Immunoassay, blood gas, etc. Quality Controls in the Chemistry lab are run on all three shifts on all instrumentation on which it is required as accuracy of patient testing results is of utmost importance.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) The purchase and use of quality control materials is necessary to maintain testing quality and consistency in the Chemistry laboratory which performs millions of tests for or Hospital patients each year.