Professional Qualities that matter in your laboratory team
Discusses how to build an effective laboratory team by evaluating technical skill and commitment differently for fresh graduates versus experienced hires.
General Topics
Browse all General Topics articles, guides, and protocols.
Safe Handling of a Laboratory Desiccator
Explains what a laboratory desiccator is used for, the types available, and safe practices for opening, closing, and handling standard and vacuum models.
Cleaning Practices for Laboratory Plastic ware
Details cleaning methods for laboratory plastic ware by contaminant type, including acid soaking for trace metals, chromic acid for organics, and mild detergent for grease.
Characteristic properties of commonly used laboratory plastic materials
Compares the chemical resistance, temperature limits, and autoclavability of common laboratory plastics, including HDPE, LDPE, polypropylene, polystyrene, and PTFE.
Deciding between Glass and Plastic laboratory ware
Compares glass and plastic laboratory ware, weighing glass's inertness and reusability against plastic's unbreakable, lightweight, non-leaching properties.
Requirement based cleaning of Laboratory Glassware
Details cleaning methods matched to specific glassware types and the chemicals they held, including soap-water soaking, acetone rinsing, and autoclaving.
Micropipette – A Boon for the Analytical Scientist
Explains how micropipettes enable precise microliter-to-milliliter liquid transfers and covers key handling precautions for accurate, contamination-free use.
Need for Repeat Testing of Laboratory Samples
Explains why laboratory samples need repeat testing, covering failed results, sample loss, method deviations, calibration limits, and expired standards.
Honest reporting of laboratory incidents
Explains why laboratory incidents like spills, uncalibrated instruments, or procedural deviations should be reported before results reach customers.
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.
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.
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.
Contribution of Instrumental Techniques towards advances in Analytical Chemistry
How instrumental techniques like spectroscopy and chromatography advanced analytical chemistry, delivering faster, automated, less biased results.
Welcome 4 new elements to the Periodic Table
Covers IUPAC's 2016 addition of nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson, completing the periodic table's seventh row, and the story behind each name.
Understand Laboratory Standards and Reference Materials
Explains laboratory standards and reference materials, covering traceability, metrological and chemical standards, and documented standards like ISO and AOAC.
How Laboratory instruments compare with Process Monitoring instruments?
Compares laboratory instruments with industrial process monitoring instruments, explaining differences in versatility, ruggedness, and unattended operation.
Training Programme on ‘Food Testing by Proximate analysis,Vitamin analysis,Aflatoxin analysis and Pesticide residue analysis’
Recaps a hands-on food testing training program in New Delhi covering proximate, vitamin, aflatoxin and pesticide residue analysis for Ethiopian trainees.
How to avoid pitfalls in interpretation of Calibration plots
Explains common pitfalls in interpreting calibration plots, too few data points, wrong concentration range, uncalibrated glassware, and how to generate reliable data.
Familiarize yourself with the Calibration Plot
Explains what a calibration plot is and how to read one, helping judge whether an analytical technique is linear and sensitive enough for quantitation.
Replicate determinations in Chemical Analysis
Explains why chemical analysis relies on replicate determinations, and the time, cost, and resource limits on how many replicates are practical.