The Digest brings you technical resources, expert tips, guidance on regulations and standards, as well as discussions with key industry leaders – that focus on pipetting and automated liquid handling processes.
Every October, World Standards Day pays tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as international standards.
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ISO IWA 15 has relevance to anyone involved in understanding or testing the accuracy and precision of automated liquid handling systems.
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Accuracy is a particularly important concept because it is foundational to a quantitative laboratory measurement.
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The year 2015 will see the publication of the new ISO/IWA 15 standard for automated pipetting systems, and important work to revise the ISO 8655 series of standards. Further revision of the current ASTM E1154 version (released 12/2014) is also planned.
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It’s not just what you measure but how you measure. Which ISO standards matter for the life science industry?
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A finished standard carries a certain “weight” due to the esteem of the issuing organization. However, standards are written by human beings, and can contain all our noble aspirations and petty behaviors.
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Weighing is one of the most fundamental of laboratory tasks, and careful weighing is a central pillar supporting the generation of high-quality laboratory results. New proposals from the US Pharmacopeia (USP) are aiming to help clarify, explain and harmonize weighing best practices.
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In two memoranda, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have informed laboratories of their intention to provide a new optional basis for laboratory quality control plans.
Read More In response to the growing demand by users of automated pipetting systems, Artel presented a proposal on the development of an international standard addressing the performance assessment of such instruments. The proposal, presented by A. Bjoern Carle, PhD during the ACHEMA conference in Frankfurt, Germany, was well received and sparked a lively debate about issues […]
Read More MIQE Makes a Difference in PCR A guideline such as Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-time PCR Experiments (MIQE) is a good example of how a science-based guideline can impact customers and suppliers, becoming a kind of “voluntary regulation” which aims to improve the quality of laboratory research. Compliance with this guideline allows researchers and […]
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