PIPETTE CALIBRATION

[mollyredone]

We were getting ready to send our pipettes out for calibration again and found out the company doesn't do them in house anymore and couldn't get us a quote.  What companies do you use for pipette calibration?  I'm on the west coast, so would prefer something close.

Thanks!

[mld123]

I am on the East Coast and we had a local company that would come in at my last job. It was Bio Calibration Company out of New Jersey.  My current facility we calibrate them ourselves.  It is usually a slow weekend job because it takes a long time.  I would prefer to send them out.  

[mollyredone]

Thanks!  We've calibrated them ourselves forever, and it is a timeconsuming pain, but I'm hoping to find someone on the west coast.  Don't want to pay for travel from the east coast!  LOL!

[David Saikin]

I've always calibrated my pipets using gravimetric method (water weight).  Never had a problem with inspections - even FDA.  Not very time consuming and very inexpensive.

[jayinsat]

We have always done our own calibrations.  We use the PCS 2 system that is shared between our sister hospitals.  It's cheap and easy to use. 

[carol1]

We also use the gravimetric method.  We have never had a problem with state or CAP inspections either.

[kate murphy]

The entire lab department has an Artel PCS system - same as jayinsat.  Easy, cheap, nice software, good printouts.  Takes us about 1 hour to do all our pipettes annually.  http://www.artel-usa.com/

[SRTECH]

Can you please share what validation was done for your Artel?

[cindym]

I question what we do at our facility.  We send out pipettes for calibration and then have to recheck them once they come back.  We don't use as many points to check as they do to calibrate.  The recheck doesn't seem necessary.

[David Saikin]

On ‎01‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 9:01 AM, cindym said:

I question what we do at our facility.  We send out pipettes for calibration and then have to recheck them once they come back.  We don't use as many points to check as they do to calibrate.  The recheck doesn't seem necessary.

If you get a certificate of calibration there is no need to confirm.