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ERA significantly accelerates turnaround time for proficiency testing results New process reduces waiting period from twenty-one days to two days nvironmental Resource Associates (ERA), a Waters Business, recently completed a ninemonth project to significantly reduce the turnaround time for reporting laboratory proficiency testing (PT) results. ERA’s innovative new process will allow customers to know within two business days of a study close if they pass or fail a proficiency test – nineteen days faster than before. It is imperative that laboratories receive reliable PT results as quickly as possible. Laboratories rely on proficiency tests to signal potential quality issues within their facility. A failed proficiency test could be an indicator of a problem
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with testing methodology, instrument, or an analyst’s performance. Dr Carl Craig, President, ERA, who was a driving force behind the development of the new process explained, “A laboratory’s PT results drive key decisions in the areas of air and water quality, healthcare, environmental management, food safety, and laboratory operations. Having faster access to study results is absolutely critical because of the larger implications when testing drinking water, air pollutants or waste water.” The two-day report turnaround is effective with ERA’s monthly proficiency testing studies that include water pollution, drinking water, air and emissions, and soil. In addition, laboratories
HAVING FASTER ACCESS TO STUDY RESULTS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE LARGER IMPLICATIONS WHEN TESTING DRINKING WATER, AIR POLLUTANTS OR WASTE WATER and facilities that participate in ERA’s study for the annual Environmental Protection Agency’s Discharge Monitoring ReportQuality Assurance (DMR-QA) programme will receive their study results in two business days. “Whether it’s a college student waiting for test scores or a patient waiting
on a biopsy result, improvements in technology and data processing have allowed results to be returned quickly in many other areas.” Craig added, “I put the challenge out to the ERA team last year to reduce the report turnaround time and they delivered in a big way.” EP News Bureau-Mumbai
PRODUCT Fisher Scientific launches new imaging system for life science applications hermo Fisher Scientific has launched Thermo Scientific myECL Imager. T The myECL Imager revolutionises the capture and analysis of chemiluminescent western blots, stained protein gels and nucleic acid gels by simplifying the entire imaging workflow. The myECL Imager incorporates advanced CCD technology that results in greater than two times the sensitivity of X-ray film, with 10 times the dynamic range. The intuitive touchscreen controls with on- board computer simplify the image acquisition process. The improved sensitivity and small instrument footprint makes the myECL Imager an effective substitute for the laboratory darkroom. The Thermo Scientific myAnalysis Software supplied with the instrument provides a suite of programmes to analyse nucleic acid or protein images, including automatic lane and band identification and molecular weight overlay analysis programmes. The myAnalysis Software saves image files in a non-proprietary format for easy sharing with colleagues. Images and data reports can be exported directly to Microsoft Word, Excel and August 16-31, 2013
Powerpoint for further analysis and presentations. Contact details: Somesh Pandey Segment Marketing Manager Fisher Scientific – Life Science Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt. Ltd.
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