ASTM E1048-88(2021): Color-Coding Pipets
Anticoagulants are medicines that help prevent blood clots. They are given to people at high risk of blood clots, reducing their chances of developing serious,…
Remote Assessments for Laboratories
What Is a Remote Assessment? ISO/IEC 17011:2017 defines remote assessment as an assessment of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body…
What Is AR 3125?
The Accreditation Requirements for Forensic Testing and Calibration, AR 3125, supplements ISO/IEC 17025:2017 with applicable requirements from the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) policies. Additionally,…
IQ/OQ/PQ in Equipment Verification and Validation
Ensuring laboratory equipment operates as expected is critically important to the validity of results generated by the laboratory. As part of process validation through IQ/OQ/PQ,…
ASTM E1578-18: Standard Guide For Laboratory Informatics
With the rise of “informatics” disciplines such as bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and health informatics, laboratory informatics is a critical part of today’s laboratory operations, helping ensure high quality and reliable…
Why Do You Need a Management Review?
Why Do You Need a Management Review? Would you fly or sail over the oceans without instruments to navigate your way? A small error at…
In-House Calibrations for Accredited Testing Laboratories
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requires laboratories to calibrate measuring equipment when the measurement accuracy or uncertainty affects the validity of results and/or the metrological traceability of results…
ANSI/PDA Standard 001-2020: Medical Purchasing Controls
Concerns related to the efficacy and safety of medical drugs have caused most governments to develop regulatory agencies to oversee development and marketing of drug products and…
ISO 4796-1:2016—Laboratory Glassware Bottles
Reagent bottles are most commonly used to store chemical reagents, including acid and alkali solvents that can be safely stored due to anti-corrosion capabilities. These bottles are…