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First things first!
Make sure you have all the test requirements setup (test plan, Test cases and tools required)
Then go ahead and create a checklist with each stage of testing or a little complex and100% results are through Traceability matrix.
If any defects exists can see else the code is good enough to be moved to prod.
Hope this answers your questions.
Thank you,
AH