Laboratory Products 27 Educational Resources to Share Best Practice and Enhance Knowledge Offered
In support of the increasing need for training and reference materials in diagnostic laboratories, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has announced the extended availability of a number of educational resources for laboratory staff. These include a range of wall posters and case studies to assist haematology departments with staff development, along with a series of webinars offering personalised education, training and management solutions.
The range of haematology posters contain high-quality photomicrographs and associated text to provide reference information for many cell presentations seen in normal and pathological blood smears. They cover various subjects including haematopoiesis, red blood cell morphology, lymphoid blood diseases, peroxidase & nuclear density analysis, platelet & megakaryocyte morphology and plasma cell morphology. The series of educational posters provides excellent training opportunities and assists laboratories in maintaining blood film morphology reporting, consistency and quality. Other elements of this programme include case studies and a series of lunchtime CPD accredited training presentations that can be delivered by Siemens Product and Applications Specialists.
Siemens webinars are regularly hosted by its customers and experts exploring a variety of topics including laboratory best practice, compliance requirements and disease state management. Recently, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics hosted a webinar on ‘Clinical and Analytical Factors Impacting Vitamin D Results’. The objectives of the session were to learn the value of measuring vitamin D, and to understand the clinical and analytical factors that influence the measurement of vitamin D by immunoassay. “Maintaining staff competency is a key challenge for all laboratories, particularly with the recent implementation of the new ISO 15189 quality standard,” states Dave Barmby, Marketing Manager for Haematology at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics.
“NHS Trusts and Health Boards are requesting tools to help with educating the next generation of staff and maintaining CPD for those already qualified; the posters and other educational tools we provide are an example of our commitment to supporting laboratories in this area.”
31296pr@reply-direct.com Reaction Monitoring Experiments for Benchtop NMR Spectrometers Announced
The Magritek Spinsolve high-resolution benchtop NMR spectrometer can be installed directly in a fume hood of a chemistry lab to monitor the progress of chemical reactions on-line. Reactants can be pumped in continuous mode from the reactor to the magnet and back using standard PTFE tubing.
The reaction itself can be carried out at temperatures of up to about 100°C. When the reaction mixture is pumped through the bore of the magnet using 2 mm o. d. PTFE tubing, it naturally cools down to 30°C or lower as it flows along the length of the tubing at room temperature. For reactions where maintaining the elevated temperature is critical, Magritek has put together a simple but effective flow set-up for on-line monitoring. It comprises a Dewar of 5 mm o. d. and 2.25 mm i. d. that is mount ed in the bore of the Spinsolve to minimise any heat transfer from the flowing sample to the magnet. The pump, which can be set to operate in continuous or stop-flow mode to acquire points with a time resolution of about 15 seconds, is placed in the flow-loop after the magnet in order to minimise the tubing length that goes from the reactor to the sensitive volume of the Spinsolve.
This approach to reaction monitoring has been demonstrated on a number of classical chemical reactions. For example, acetalisation is a common reaction in organic synthesis where an acetal is produced from an aldehyde and an alcohol. In the example here, acetaldehyde reacts with methanol to produce acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal. The reaction was performed in DMSO to prevent evaporation. With data being collected every fifteen seconds over a total period of one hour, the user could follow waterfall plots to show the decrease of acetaldehyde as it was used up together with the corresponding rise of the acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal. These and many other reaction systems are described in the growing library of applications notes and case studies which are freely available for downloading from the Magritek website.
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A redesigned liquid end provides a plunger stroke that is smooth, precise and requires less force than ever. It is perfect for pipetting applications that require delicate control; so if you need to dispense your samples slowly, with the Pipet-Lite XLS+ there is no jumping or jerking, reducing the risk of air bubbles forming in your samples and limiting the chances of pipette cross contamination issues.
The complete liquid end (shaft, seal assembly/spring and ejector) can be autoclaved for easy sterilisation without compromising the performance or the feel of the pipette. The new corrosion-resistant plastic tip ejector is made of a high quality PVDF polymer making it corrosion free, autoclavable and highly resistant to chemical and physical damage. It can be simply removed with a single-hand motion for easy cleaning.
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