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When a patient’s serum is tested for antibodies to certain viral infections part of the testing procedure is to include an uninfected tissue control whose purpose is to detect nonspecific reactions between the patient’s serum and the uninfected tissue control. If such reactions occur, results are invalid and are reported as “Tissue Reactive”.
