Liquid Handler Performance Verification Service

As part of the LHQA™ suite of services, ARTEL provides on-site, third party volume transfer performance assessment for most makes and models of automated liquid handling systems. 

For a custom quote for Liquid Handler Performance Verification Services, please contact ARTEL at 888-406-3463 or email at orders@artel-usa.com.

Benefits

• Documented performance results that are traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Use of the MVS, a standardized volume verification system, to ensure repeatability of liquid handler methods between laboratories or locations for improved liquid handling quality assurance
• Precision and accuracy assessment for all tips
• Tip-by-tip and well-by-well statistics for volumes transferred into 96-well or 384-well microtiter plates
• Execution of the volume transfer measurements for your laboratory so you can focus on your work
• Standardized and customized volume transfer assessment services to assist with performance qualification (PQ) requirements
• Dilution step accuracy determination for dilutions up to 1:2048 of the starting material 
• Non-aqueous solution volume transfer analysis to identify variances associated with liquid class properties

Examples of LHQA Usage

• Volume transfer performance assessment for scheduled or periodic services for liquid handlers in one or more laboratories or locations
• Site acceptance testing of new equipment, or of dormant equipment prior to being brought back on-line
• Demonstration of liquid handler performance to colleagues, customers, or interested parties in a fast, reliable way
• Facilitation in writing operating procedures and methods for assays
• Compliance with internal documentation
• Post repair/maintenance checks of equipment before running an assay
• Periodic diagnostic testing of equipment to ensure accuracy and precision on a well-by-well and/or tip-by-tip basis
• Frequent, quick volume checks (interim performance checks) as a method is being optimized
• Evaluation of new volume transfer strategies, i.e., to show cause-and-effect volume-based measurements after manipulations to method parameters or liquid class settings (reverse mode pipetting vs. forward mode, air gap use, tip touches, dispense rates/heights, wet dispense vs. dry dispense, etc.)
• Side-by-side comparison of dispensed volumes (performance checks) between one or more automated methods and/or one or more liquid handlers (method-to-method or device-to-device comparisons)