Ratiometric photometry improves laboratory quality assurance: New Methodology Accurately and Precisely Verifies Low-Volume Liquid Delivery

摘要

Laboratory scientists often assume that their liquid-handling instruments, from pipettes to automated liquid handlers, are operating within specification. But given that data integrity for applications from drug discovery to molecular diagnostics relies on accurate and precise liquid delivery, that can be a very risky assumption with high costs of failure. Those costs and risks are compounded by several trends in today's life-science laboratories, such as the growing use of valuable reagents at low volumes and an increasingly strict regulatory environment. Because the need for quality assurance is more critical than ever, laboratories require the most accurate, precise, and convenient methodology possible to verify the performance of their liquid handling instrumentation.