Women’s Health & STI Controls for Molecular Diagnostic QC

This news was updated in August 2026

Focused on providing accurate and reliable results that enable clinicians and labs to elevate patient care, ZeptoMetrix offers a variety of controls and panels for women’s health and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that can be used for routine QC testing. As the most trusted brand in third-party molecular diagnostic QC, ZeptoMetrix is dedicated to ensuring accurate and reliable test results every time.

ZeptoMetrix NATtrol™ Women’s Health & STI Controls & Panels:

• Chlamydia trachomatis (CT)
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG)
• Trichomonas vaginalis (TV)
• Bacterial vaginosis (BV)
• Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
• Mycoplasma genitalium (MGN)
• and more

New: Dedicated Quality Controls for HPV 16 and HPV 18

As cervical cancer screening programmes continue to expand worldwide, laboratories require high-quality molecular controls that support consistent assay performance. To meet this need, ZeptoMetrix has expanded its Women’s Health & STI portfolio with dedicated NATtrol™ quality controls for HPV 16 and HPV 18, the two most prevalent high-risk genotypes associated with cervical cancer.

ZeptoMetrix NATtrol GI™ Controls and Panels

• Adenovirus
• Clostridium difficile
• Escherichia coli (E. coli)
• Norovirus
• Rotavirus
• Giardia lamblia
• Salmonella typhimurium
• And more!

NATtrol™ controls:

• Can be used across various molecular testing platforms and assays
• Available in different formats (single and multiple analytes)
• Full process controls used to monitor extraction and amplification steps
• Useful in evaluating lot-to-lot consistency of test kits and assay reagents
• Ideal for training and monitoring laboratory personnel

Expanded Women’s Health & STI Quality Control Portfolio

In addition to routine quality control, NATtrol™ products can be used for assay verification, lot-to-lot reagent evaluation, instrument performance monitoring, laboratory personnel training and competency assessment.

Our Women’s Health & STI portfolio now includes:

• Human papillomavirus (HPV), including HPV 16 and HPV 18
• Chlamydia trachomatis (CT)
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG)
• Trichomonas vaginalis (TV)
• Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
• And more

This growing portfolio enables laboratories to use consistent, independent quality controls across a wide range of molecular assays.

NATtrol™ controls are:

• Convenient: Ready-to-use
• Economical: Refrigerated storage and shipping
• Innovative: Whole organisms designed to mimic a clinical specimen
• Efficient: Full process controls to monitor extraction, amplification and detection
• Safe: Inactivated, and non-infectious
• Versatile: Can be used across various molecular testing platforms and assays

ZeptoMetrix manufactures an extensive range of quality controls and verification panels that are preferred by hospitals, clinics, and research organisations around the world for use in Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT), serological- and antigen-based assays. Products treated with ZeptoMetrix patented NATtrol™ process represent the industry-leading choices for NAT, providing the benchmark for external quality controls and verification materials for the diagnostic testing industry.