Recommendations for switching from Gas cylinders to Laboratory gas generators
Compares laboratory gas generators to rented gas cylinders for supplying GC carrier gases, weighing cost, convenience, safety, and environmental benefits.
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All articles from Lab Training, covering chromatography, spectroscopy, microbiology, and analytical method validation, in order of publication.
What is the need for Analytical Method Validation?
Explains why analytical method validation is needed before routine use and which parameters, such as linearity and precision, it covers.
Handling and Care of Sophisticated Analytical Instruments
Covers precautions for handling sophisticated analytical instruments, including installation, environmental controls, and periodic calibration.
Suggested approach for imparting training on advanced analytical techniques
Suggests a staged training approach for advanced analytical techniques, covering system capabilities, components, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Testimonial on training program organized for trainees from EFMHACA, Ethiopia
A testimonial from EFMHACA Ethiopia trainees on a warehouse management training program held at Arbro Pharmaceuticals in October 2016.
Handling and Disposal of Special Materials in Medical Laboratories and Hospitals
Safe handling and disposal guidelines for radioactive isotopes, cytotoxic drugs, mutagens, and teratogens in medical laboratories and hospitals.
Intermediate checking on Working Standards
How intermediate checking verifies a working standard's assay, loss on drying, and water content at set intervals before its expiry date.
Management of Critical Laboratory supplies and samples
How laboratories should procure, store, and control standard reference materials and proficiency-testing samples to safeguard the reliability of reported results.
Essentials of Sample Management for Commercial Product Testing Laboratories
How commercial testing laboratories manage samples from receipt and coding through analysis, handling, and confidentiality to boost productivity.
Importance of Material Safety Data Sheets in Laboratories and Warehouses
What a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) covers, from chemical properties and handling to transport, fire hazards, and first aid, in labs and warehouses.
Laboratory Warehouse Safety – Whose responsibility is it?
How chemical suppliers, laboratory management, warehouse in-charges, and employees share responsibility for laboratory warehouse safety.
How to Select Cuvette Material for UV-VIS Absorbance Studies
This blog explains about cuvette spectrophotometer and how to select the right cuvette material for UV-VIS absorbance studies. Read the blog to learn more.
What is Multi- dimensional GC?
Explains how multi-dimensional GC uses two columns, via comprehensive or heart-cutting transfer, to resolve complex mixtures a single column cannot separate.
How to prevent damage to Capillary GC columns
Covers the causes of capillary GC column damage, breakage, heat, oxygen exposure, chemical attack, and contamination, and how to prevent and reverse each.
Restoration of HPLC Column Performance
Restoring HPLC column performance reverses the peak shape and resolution decline columns develop over time, using a flushing sequence matched to the stationary phase.
Are Proficiency Testing and Inter- Laboratory Comparisons the same?
Explains the difference between proficiency testing (round-robin sample analysis) and inter-laboratory comparisons, and why both matter for accreditation.
Importance of Laboratory Instrument Calibration
Why calibration, not cost, brand, or operator skill, is the critical factor behind reliable laboratory instrument results.
Important suggestions for generating reliable HPLC results
Reliable HPLC results depend on properly maintaining every instrument component, including the mobile phase, sample, column, pump, injector, and detector.
How to effectively train new laboratory entrants on advanced instrumental analysis techniques?
A step-by-step approach to training new laboratory entrants on advanced instrumental analysis techniques, from induction through operation and troubleshooting.
Time saving tips for the HPLC user
Practical tips for HPLC laboratories to save time and increase throughput through staff training, advance work planning, and preventive instrument maintenance.
How to minimize cost on HPLC column replacements?
Minimizing HPLC column replacement costs means extending column life through careful handling and storage, since columns are a major recurring cost in HPLC analysis.
How are X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) different?
Explains how XRD and XRF differ: XRD reveals crystalline structure and phase composition, while XRF determines elemental composition of a sample.
Tips for the maintenance of the Flame Assembly of AAS
Maintenance tips for the AAS flame assembly's nebulizer, spray chamber, and burner head to extend service life and improve result reliability.