ToRCH Negative Control is intended for use as an unassayed non-reactive quality assurance reagent with in vitro assays detecting IgG and IgM antibodies to Cytomegalovirus (CMV), IgG and IgM antibodies to Rubella virus, IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, IgG and IgM antibodies to Herpes Simplex Type 1 and 2, IgG antibodies to Mumps Virus, IgG antibodies to Rubeola Virus (Measles), IgG antibodies to Varicella Zoster Virus, IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori, IgG antibodies to Treponema pallidum (Syphilis), IgG and IgM antibodies to the Viral Capsid Antigen of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV VCA) and IgG antibodies to the Viral Polypeptide Nuclear Antigen of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV EBNA IgG).
A material which is used to verify the performance of an assay intended to be used for the qualitative and/or quantitative detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and/or immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to organisms in a clinical specimen, as part of an antenatal or newborn infection TORCH screen. The assay is intended to detect infection by multiple organisms that include Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1), Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2), human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV1), measles virus and/or Treponema pallidum, and sometimes additional organisms.