The purpose of calibration, as defined by CLIA'88, is to:

A) "quantitate the accuracy of the methods."
B) "substantiate the continued accuracy of the test system throughout the laboratories' reportable range of the test results for the test system."
C) "determine the analytical precision of the assay."
D) "estimate the slope and intercept derived from assaying a series of calibrators."


B

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