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MicroBioLogics wins accreditation to ISO 17025
Accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
News from MicroBioLogics (20 March 2008)
New reference materials for testosterone research
LGC introduces frozen human serum certified for testosterone measurement to ensure the highest levels of traceability and accuracy
News from LGC (10 March 2008)
Microbiologics completes a recapitalisation
With support of Granite Equity Partners, MicroBioLogics says it has reinforced its position as a producer of reference stock cultures for quality control microbiology and clinical diagnostic testing
News from MicroBioLogics ( 5 March 2008)
LGC Standards measures up to size
LGC Standards has added particle size standards from Whitehouse Scientific to its extensive range of physical Reference Materials
News from LGC (28 February 2008)
Controls for more reliable miRNA quantification
MiScript Controls are a collection of six highly validated primer assays which enable normalisation of real-time PCR results in miRNA quantification studies
News from Qiagen (22 February 2008)
Partnership to develop NCIMB biological materials
NCIMB (the UK National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria) has announced an exclusive partnership with MicroBioLogics
News from MicroBioLogics (20 February 2008)
Accurate tracking of CRMs through bar codes
Certified reference materials (CRM) sets supplied by Starna Scientific now feature set identification labels and support documentation that contain unique serial number bar codes
News from Starna Scientific (11 February 2008)
Drug photostability testing complies with ICH Q1B
Starna's drug photostability testing kit features a PTFE capped screw cap cell to avoid sample contamination difficulties
News from Starna Scientific ( 2 November 2007)
Cytokine controls are essential for consistency
Independent quality controls allow laboratories to validate calibrations, monitor accuracy and precision, and reduce interlaboratory variation Brochure available
News from Randox Laboratories (16 October 2007)
Optical reference materials in pollution fight
User application article Standard MOT/08/19/1 specifies that instruments for measuring smoke emissions must be calibrated using glass neutral density filters with accurately known transmittance values
News from Starna Scientific ( 4 October 2007)
Artificial perspiration for reproducible testing
Sweat testing, conducted in many manufacturing sectors such as jewellery and clothing, and in forensic examinations, is more reproducible with these bottles of standardised synthetic sweat
News from Pickering Laboratories (13 September 2007)
Qualification of UV systems course at Pittcon
Qualification of UV systems to meet new pharmaceutical standards is once again one of the short courses on specialised aspects of analytical chemistry in 2008's Pittsburgh Conference programme
News from Starna Scientific (13 September 2007)
Don't compromise on quality controls, customise
Randox Laboratories draws on 25 years of experience in the design and custom manufacture of quality control materials Brochure available
News from Randox Laboratories ( 2 August 2007)
Reference standards for EPA Method 35 available
AccuStandard has made available to laboratories a full set of standards designed for use with EPA Method 535, for method development and quality control
News from Accustandard (18 July 2007)
Lead paint standards are Nist-traceable
These certified reference materials are useful to laboratories performing testing of environmental samples including paint, soil and dust for lead by atomic and emission spectroscopy
News from Environmental Reference Materials ( 2 July 2007)
European references for low sulphur petrol
Three new certified reference materials (CRMs) will facilitate the analysis of sulphur in commercially available petrol with a greater certainty, in accordance with EC Directive 2003/17/EC
News from LGC (12 June 2007)
Single size glass bead range extended
Whitehouse Scientific has responded to an increased interest in automated measurement of large particle sizes by introducing single size glass beads of greater than 1mm in diameter Brochure available
News from Whitehouse Scientific ( 1 June 2007)
Lux Biotechnology announces appointment of COO
Specialist developer of light based detection technologies has announced the appointment of Bryan Smith as chief operating officer of the company
News from Lux Biotechnology (31 May 2007)
Better qualification of plate readers
The new Starna liquid plate reader CRMs have a unique sealed cell design, which allows their use horizontally in the plate reader, or vertically in a reference spectrophotometer for certification
News from Starna Scientific (17 May 2007)
CRMs for NIR now available from Starna
Unique new certified reference materials for the near infra red (NIR) region of the spectrum provide 13 certified and traceable peak values using a newly developed material
News from Starna Scientific (16 April 2007)
Reference standards meet needs of ISO 17025 labs
The secondary reference standards will significantly expand RTC's range of products and services to include pharmaceutical reference materials and custom services
News from RTC ( 4 April 2007)
Seeing double for certified reference materials
With the commissioning of a second reference spectrophotometer, the CRM calibration laboratory at Starna Scientific now has a resource that is usually only available to National Reference Laboratories
News from Starna Scientific ( 9 March 2007)
Reference standards for microcystin testing
Standards of Microcystin-LR, Microcystin-RR, Microcystin-YR and a mix containing all three were developed by Cyano Biotech to help laboratories analyse water samples for these toxins
News from LGC ( 1 March 2007)
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