Artel to Highlight the Importance of Calibrating Equipment and Staff
Artel to showcase advancements in training and technology at Pittcon 2012
Westbrook, ME (March 2, 2012) - During Pittcon 2012, Artel (booth 1133) will continue its mission to bring laboratories the most advanced training, tools and knowledge for liquid handling quality assurance.
The company will be holding its ever-popular Pipetting Olympics competition which gives attendees a chance to test their pipetting skills using the ARTEL PCS® Pipette Calibration System. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to those Olympians that most precisely dispense a target volume of 20 µL five times in a row - and the overall winner of the competition will be announced on the last day of the show.
The competition highlights the effects of pipetting technique on results and how important it is for operators to calibrate both their equipment and their technique. Artel's experts will offer a series of tips to help improve pipetting technique and reduce the effect of human error in the laboratory.
Those wanting to learn more about Artel's Best Practices in Manual Pipetting webinars and its Pipetting Quality Management Certification seminars can visit the Artel Learning Center (http://www.artel-usa.com/learning_center.aspx).
In addition, Artel will be launching two new applications that use the ARTEL MVS® Multichannel Verification System to verify steps in the assay workflow that are
About Artel
Artel is the world-leading liquid handling quality assurance expert. The company specializes in solving liquid handling quality, productivity and compliance challenges for life science laboratories. Its customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and regulatory bodies, as well as laboratories in the university, clinical, diagnostic, forensic, public health and environmental sectors.
Since 1982, Artel has been using its expertise and range of ratiometric photometry-based systems to improve laboratory quality, productivity and compliance by ensuring liquid handling instruments generate reliable assay data and comply with regulatory demands. Artel also provides a broad and fully customizable range of quality assurance support, training and consultation services including Liquid Handler Performance Verification services for automated laboratories, and on-site Pipetting Technique Training and Quality Management Certification for pipette users and laboratory managers.
World -leading organizations such as Amgen, ARUP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Centers for Disease Control, DuPont, Eli Lilly, FBI, Genentech, Genomic Health, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and the U.S. FDA depend on Artel technology to help them meet their objectives for quality and productivity.
