Keeping Plasma Safe
Haematologic Technologies Inc. Implements Artel's Liquid Handling Quality Assurance Systems to Ensure Consistent Results
Today, companies like Vermont-based Haematologic Technologies, Inc. (HTI) are making high-quality plasma proteins and reagents readily available to the medical and scientific communities. Given the vital role plasma proteins are increasingly playing in medical and scientific research, suppliers like HTI have developed stringent quality assurance guidelines designed to surpass their customers' own QA audit requirements.
Given the critical role of pipettes in handling micro volumes, HTI focuses heavily on quality control for its liquid handling instrumentation.
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Pipette Calibration has Come a Long Way... And so has Accreditation
Revisited: Patria Rivas Clinical Lab in the Dominican Republic
In our last issue, the article about Patria Rivas Clinical Lab's efforts to become the first accredited lab in the Dominican Republic generated a lot of interest.
Founded in 1966 as a one-room facility, the laboratory installed new equipment and broadened its scope of services in 1991. As the first and still the only accredited laboratory offering DNA paternity testing in the Caribbean, Patria Rivas' story has become a laboratory legend throughout the region.
View this photo essay that tells the story about this ground-breaking laboratory.
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Regulatory Update
FDA Process Validation Guide Places New Emphasis on Understanding and Controlling Variation
In the recent revision published earlier this year the US FDA established new recommendations for process validation including better means for understanding and controlling sources of variation.
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Technical Resources
Do Plate Readers Agree? Understanding Performance Differences Between Different Plate Reader Makes and Models
Microplate readers are used in numerous laboratory applications to measure results of chemical assays in microplates. Readers may be used to collect one or several types of measurements including absorbance or optical density. However, like any type of laboratory equipment, not all plate readers are created equal. Each plate reader lends different amounts of uncertainty to measurements collected and, therefore, uncertainty in the overall results of the assays conducted.
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You Want to Know: How Frequently Should You Calibrate Your Pipettes?
One of our most popular issues of the Artel Lab Report helps you determine calibration frequency.
Pipettes are subject to silent and random failures and have a higher rate of failure than most other laboratory instruments. Understanding this, it is important to establish an appropriate calibration frequency that achieves sufficiently high pipette reliability. Learn how you can minimize the chances that laboratory results will be compromised, and how you can ensure traceability, accountability and confidence in your test results.
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Upcoming Events
July 24 - 28, 2011
If you're planning to attend the AACC/Clinical Lab Expo in Atlanta, GA and you think your pipetting skills measure up, put them to the test in the Artel Pipetting Olympics in Booth #1020. During this competition, lab technologists and lab managers (who have the courage) will test their pipetting skills either individually or in teams, and can win Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals for precise liquid dispensing.
This year's competition is going to be better than ever! The competition will be fierce and the prizes will be amazing. Follow the action — visit our Olympics web page, or....
See the Artel Pipetting Olympics on Facebook
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September 20 - 22, 2011
MipTec 2011, held in Basel, Switzerland, will continue to present the leading edge advances in the science of drug discovery technology while providing a venue for individuals and user groups to meet and discuss topics of interest.
If you use robotic liquid handlers and want to get the most out of your instruments, you should visit Artel in Booth #50 to see a demonstration of the Artel MVS®. This easy-to-use system will tell you, in just minutes, the tip-by tip and well-by-well precision and accuracy of any liquid handler. Thousands of laboratories depend on Artel technology to optimize, calibrate and verify the performance of their pipetting instruments.
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Pipette Quality Management Seminar
September 22 - 23, 2011
Become an expert in pipetting technique, pipetting processes and pipette quality management.
This comprehensive, two-day seminar will enable you to standardize proper pipetting throughout your laboratory and improve your processes for managing pipettes and ensuring regulatory compliance. You will receive in-depth education, hands-on training, and engage in stimulating discussion with peers. Topics will include:
• Best Practices in Pipetting Technique
• Pipette Ergonomics
• Mitigating Pipette Operator Variability
• Pipette Repair and Maintenance
• Diagnosing Pipette Failure
• Calibration Technologies
• Regulations and Compliance
• Setting up a Quality Assurance Program
You will receive materials that will assist you in developing a more robust QA/QC program for your pipettes, your technologists, and your liquid handling processes.
If you or your colleagues use pipettes daily, are responsible for complying with regulatory requirements or establishing internal quality assurance programs, or wish to increase confidence in your lab's results, you won't want to miss this seminar.
What Participants Say:
"I would recommend the Artel training seminar to all pipette users. I was not aware that there was so much to know about pipettes and their use. I am now confident that we have a valid pipette quality system."
— Quality Assurance Manager
"This is the best training I have ever attended! Artel's staff is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Everyone who pipettes should attend. What an awesome experience! I highly recommend Artel's products and training."
— Laboratory Manager
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News
Artel Launches Learning Center to Help Labs Improve Pipetting Knowledge and Skills
At this year's American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, Artel will unveil the Artel Learning Center. The Learning Center is for lab professionals who want educational programs to improve pipetting efficiency, to strengthen internal pipette quality assurance programs, and to learn how to get the most out of their automated liquid handlers.
The newest resource within the Learning Center is a webinar entitled "Best Practices in Manual Pipetting," which will focus on proper pipetting technique. In addition to learning how pipettes work and fail, webinar participants will be trained on how to standardize proper pipetting technique, and recognize ergonomic risk factors and sources of stress.
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Artel Receives "Innovator of the Year" Award
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The Maine International Trade Center awarded Artel with the Innovator of the Year Award at the 31st Annual Maine International Trade Day.
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"This award is a testament to our incredible staff, whose commitment to innovation continues to fuel our growth by providing the world's laboratory communities with products and services that ensure the accuracy and precision of their results."
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U.S. Small Business Administration Requests Artel's Input
Every five years, the SBA's Office of Advocacy develops a report assessing the effect of the regulatory burden on corporate growth and success. Artel was chosen as one of the companies to bring its perspective to the next edition of the report.
"We were honored to have members of the Small Business Administration visit our facilities to learn about our business and hear our views on the various regulations impacting Artel and our customers. Our discussion focused on the trend towards use of global consensus standards within government regulation and the positive outcomes this approach can have in an industry dedicated to quality."
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