Laboratory buildings consume more than half of the total Northwestern University (NU) electricity demand, and a large part of this is for laboratory building ventilation systems. Over the past decade, ...

Many assays have integrated, built-in, or internal controls to demonstrate their operability at specific procedural steps. What role do these built-in controls play in quality control to assure ...

WHETHER it be the cold gray dawn or a bright sunrise, both arrive with the milk bottle. The quality of the milk in this bottle, and its presence on one’s doorstep, are usually taken for granted, yet ...

The Envirotrak IV® is a high-speed, microprocessor-based controller for critical-environment control applications such as laboratories, fume hoods, and airflow and pressurization control systems. The ...

Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) space pressurization is critical to reducing the potential spread of infectious diseases in laboratories. HVAC systems serving spaces with this classification should be ...

One of the primary objectives for the application of flow cytometry in any testing environment should be measurement assurance, i.e., the generation of reliable and reproducible results. This goal can ...

Appropriately Designed Quality Systems Can Improve and Streamline the Research Process The title of this article may surprise some who wonder how deviations can occur in an R&D environment and why ...

Sigma metrics constitute a quantitative approach that integrates bias, imprecision and total allowable error to evaluate the performance of clinical laboratory assays ...

In scientific research, controls are employed as standards. By separating the control from the samples exposed to an experimental condition, such as the introduction of an analyte, the effects of the ...

Production and process controls, organization and personnel were the top problems found, while packaging and labelling citations increased in 2017 and 2018. To provide insight into regulatory trends ...