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Quality Control Articles
Below is a list of articles that have been published on this topic.
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Dry Heat and Humidity [Jun 2010]
Laboratory environmental conditions as sources of error
Pipette performance has a direct impact on laboratory data integrity, and numerous variables affect the accuracy and precision of pipettes. Articles in this series have discussed pipetting error caused by mechanical failures1 and improper operator technique2, and how to avoid such error.
Analysis of Water Samples [Jun 2010]
Automated Analysis of PAHs by HPLC in Drinking Water and Surface Water Samples
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a body of legislation that is geared towards achieving “good quality” status for all bodies of water throughout the EU by the year 2015.
R&D - Rip Off and Duplicate [Sep 2007]
The costs and benefits of low cost suppliers
This article examines the experiences of a leading UK manufacturer of fall protection components, following their investigations into potentially sourcing from Asian suppliers and also as a result of seeing more Asian suppliers becoming direct competitors. It is not to justify or even support protectionism, as it seems inevitable that Asian suppliers will flood this (and pretty much every other) market and after all, any qualified marketer will tell us it is product lifecycle that dictates that as volume demand increases then supply inevitably drives prices down and opens the market up for low cost manufacturers.
How Certain is Your Data? [Sep 2006]
An overview of areas of uncertainly that may affect your laboratory results
The awareness of uncertainty associated with laboratory data from contaminated sites has increased significantly in recent years, in the UK partly due to the implementation of the MCERTS standard by the Environment Agency for laboratories involved with testing soil samples, and partly due to general improvements of standards/legislation/controls within the industry itself, e.g. implementation of SiLC (Specialist in Land Contamination) qualifications. Awareness across Europe as a whole is much higher than in the early 1990s, when most countries were implementing Environmental Protection policies of one kind or another.
