Need for exercising control over Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Why Material Safety Data Sheets need active control through staff training, round-the-clock access, periodic review, and regular audits to stay useful.
Lab Management
Browse all Lab Management articles, guides, and protocols.
Importance of advance review of analysis requests by testing laboratories
Why testing laboratories must review analysis requests in advance, per ISO 17025 clause 4.4, checking methods, resources, and timelines before accepting work.
Essential precautions required for validation of analytical methods
Key precautions for validating analytical methods: calibrated instruments, clean glassware, contamination control, traceable standards, and accurate weighing.
Responsible Collection and Disposal of Laboratory Waste Materials
How to segregate and dispose of corrosive, flammable, toxic, radioactive, and biohazardous laboratory waste responsibly before handoff to disposal agencies.
Importance of adherence to Standard Operating Procedures
Why laboratories must strictly follow Standard Operating Procedures, with unauthorized deviations, to protect result validity, safety, and customer confidence.
Suggestions for Improvement of Cash Flow in Commercial Testing Laboratories!
Suggestions for improving cash flow in commercial testing laboratories through advance payments, dedicated collection teams, and payment-linked reporting.
Recommendations on Entry – Exit procedures in Laboratories
Recommended entry and exit procedures for laboratory staff and visitors, covering identification, protective wear, lockers, and security checks.
Who is responsible for cleanliness and hygiene in laboratories?
Why laboratory cleanliness is a shared duty of sanitation workers, store staff, and chemists, with specific hygiene tasks for each group.
Systematic evaluation and analysis of customer feedback information
How laboratories can systematically collect, categorize, and act on customer feedback instead of letting it sit unused in files and folders.
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.
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.
Suggested Practices to keep your laboratory contamination free
Practical measures to keep a laboratory contamination free by controlling outside dust, visitor and staff access, personal belongings, and repair work.
Laboratory documentation – A must for all laboratories!
Why laboratory documentation matters across academic, medical, industrial, forensic, and regulatory laboratories for reproducibility and legal defense.
Laboratory Accidents Prevention - Your Top Priority
Why laboratory accidents happen, from overconfidence and ignorance to work stress and poor workbench planning, and why prevention must be a priority.
Suggestions for Regulation of Visitor Entry inside Laboratories
How laboratories should regulate visitor entry through prior appointments, credential checks, escorted access, and visitor badges for security.
How Management Review Meetings Support Laboratory Operations?
Why laboratory management review meetings, required under ISO 17025 clause 4.15, assess quality performance and plan improvements to sustain accreditation.
Important Considerations for Expansion of your Laboratory Operations
Key factors to weigh when expanding laboratory operations, comparing growth within existing space against setting up a new facility elsewhere.
Essential Considerations for Laboratory Safety Audits
A checklist-based guide to laboratory safety audits, covering training, housekeeping, fire and electrical safety, gas storage, and first-aid readiness.