--- title: Diagnostic Precision Blog | QC data management description: QC data management | A SeraCare blog focused on precision medicine and advanced clinical diagnostics --- [![SeraCare](https://blog.seracare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/0.%20Logos/SeraCare/SeraCare.png?width=400&name=SeraCare.png "SeraCare")](https://www.seracare.com) - [Home](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs) - [About](https://digital.seracare.com/about-blog) - [News and Events](http://www.seracare.com/NewsEvents/NewsCenter/tabid/354/Default.aspx) - [Contact](http://www.seracare.com/Contact/tabid/366/Default.aspx) ## [Diagnostic Precision](https://blog.seracare.com/) A SeraCare blog focused on precision medicine and advanced clinical diagnostics Choose your Article Focus | [NGS](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs) | [Molecular & Serology](https://blog.seracare.com/molecular-serology-blog) ## [You can’t validate everything… can you?](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/you-cant-validate-everything-can-you) Category: [clinical genomics](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/clinical-genomics), [QC data management](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/qc-data-management) Posted by [Sam Blier](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/author/sam-blier) on Sep 21, 2017 12:00:00 AM [![](https://blog.seracare.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/You%20cant%20validate%20everything%20blog%20graphic.jpg)](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/you-cant-validate-everything-can-you) “Is there a limit on the type of mutations we would need to validate given that the cost per validation is high?” This question was recently posted to a panel of clinical genomics experts that we convened for a webinar hosted by GenomeWeb (you can download a full report on the entire series here). Panelists Girish Putcha, MD, PhD, Director of Laboratory Science, Palmetto GBA; Roger Klein, MD, Principal, JD Consulting; and Elaine Lyon, PhD, Medical Director, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories, weighed in with thoughtful responses to a query that’s on the minds of many clinical laboratorians. 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