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Government report details Theranos quality control issues

Government report details Theranos quality control issues

April 1, 2016

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A government report released late Thursday accuses Theranos of producing inaccurate test results, of failing to meet its own lab standards and hiring unqualified personnel.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service visited Theranos’ main facilities in Newark, California last November and found the one drop blood test startup’s machines produced wildly inaccurate test results – including one for cancer detection, according to a redacted version of the report put out by the Wall Street Journal.

The newly released 121-page report, obtained in full by the WSJ details quality control issues – including the failure to meet Theranos own standards.

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