i am working in a diagnostic lab and very confusing about the calibrator, control and standard that we are using in our lab for quality assuarance of diagnosis of disease
Calibrator is an instrumentation system with the help of which an instrument whose parameters like sensitivity etc are unknown can be ascertained calibrator do invariably use a standard reference like a triple point cell for temperature, etc
Control is a system consisting of one or more components whose purpose is to keep the parameter like temperature within preset limit of course with the help of actuators and sensors
Standard for any physical quantity is the known best for that quantity e. g. Length the metre : a certain rod of exactly one metre is kept under very controlled conditions in national Institute in Sevres Paris all length calibrations must ultimately be calibrated against this