[Solved]: A 3-year-old child is brought into the office with a…

A 3-year-old child is brought into the office with a po tential urinary tract infection. The mother of the child goes into the restroom and helps with the collection of a very small amount of urine to run a urinalysis test. The physician wants the test run as soon as possible so that the child can be started on antibiotics, as she is very un comfortable and cries whenever she has to urinate. The medical assistant turns on the urinalysis instru ment, and takes out the quality control material from the refrigerator. While the instrument is performing an inter nal electronic check, she notices that the quality control material has a printed expiration date that has already passed, but only by a couple of weeks. 1. Would it be acceptable to use this quality control material? What are potential outcomes of this decision? 2. What is one step that could be taken before inform ing the physician of the situation?