Labcompliance On-line Audio Seminar

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On-line Audio Seminar 215

Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis

With tools to comply with ISO17025 Standard and FDA expectations

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Measurement and documentation of analytical uncertainty is a requirement of ISO 17025 and other quality standards. FDA regulations don't include the word uncertainty directly. However, having good information on the accuracy, possible errors and uncertainty of analytical  data is a prerequisite of Good Analytical Practices. And inspectors are familiar with measurement uncertainty because  FDA laboratories follow their procedures for measurement uncertainty to comply with their own regulations. Despite of the importance of measurement uncertainty laboratories have many questions.

Frequent questions are

• What is the difference between inaccuracy, analytical error and measurement uncertainty
• Why do we need to care about measurement uncertainty
• What are specific requirements of ISO 17025
• What exactly are the expectations of FDA inspectors
• Do we also need uncertainty evaluation for standard and ad-hoc methods?
• What are most common sources for uncertainty
• How to best evaluate measurement uncertainty
• Can we use intermediate precision for measurement uncertainty?
• Is there any impact of uncertainty limits on out-of-specification results?
• Are there any official acceptance limits for analytical measurement uncertainty
• How to handle multiple uncertainties 
• How to report measurement uncertainty estimates and results?

How does the audio seminar help:

Questions will be answered by Dr. Ludwig Huber in a new interactive audio seminar. During the seminar strategies and procedures will be presented on how to develop, document, maintain and update User Requirements. An extensive list of reference material like SOPs, templates and examples will help immediate and cost effective implementation.

During the interactive presentation you learn about:

• Requirements and expectations from ISO 17025 and  FDA
• Other official standards and guidelines
• The importance of measurement uncertainty for the quality of analytical data
• Analytical uncertainty vs. inaccuracy and error
• Comparison of four alternative approaches
• Identifying uncertainty sources
• Setting specifications for uncertainty
• The uncertainty measurement process from sampling to reporting: flow diagram
• Example procedure for measurement uncertainty
• Quantification of individual sources
• Evaluation of uncertainty for ad-hoc methods
• Combining multiple uncertainties
• Reporting for ISO 17025 and FDA
• Impact of uncertainty results on product specifications and out-of-specification results

Get 10+ Documents To Do it Right The First Time:
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• SOP:
  - Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis
• Gap analysis/checklists:
  - Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis
• Forms
  - Reporting Individual Components Contributing to Measurement Uncertainty
  - Documenting Recovery Studies for Uncertainty Evaluation
  - Documenting Combined Standard and Expanded Uncertainties
  - Reporting Analytical Results with Expanded Uncertainty
• Handbook for Measurement  Uncertainty in Environmental Analysis (link)
  - useful as example for other applications -
• LGC/VAM: Development and Harmonisation of Measurement Uncertainty Principles Part(d): Protocol for uncertainty evaluation from validation data (link)
• Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
• A2LA: Guide for the Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty In Testing
• Eurolab Guides (link)
  - Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty for Quantitative Test Results
  - Alternative Approaches to Uncertainty Evaluation
• EURACHEM Guides (link)
  - Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement, 2nd Edition (2000)
  - Measurement uncertainty arising from sampling (2007)
  - EURACHECM Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment (2007)

Who should attend?

• QA managers and personnel
• Analysts and lab managers
• Validation specialists
• Training departments
• Documentation department
• Consultants
• Testing laboratories working under ISO 17025
• Pharmaceutical development and QC labs

How to order

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Recorded seminar - Web Download Multiple persons - single site Learn at your desk, meet in a seminar or conference room or share the audio file and reference material at your site. Order includes all reference material.	US$ 399.-
Recorded seminar - CD Get the CD in your mail Order includes all reference material.	US$ 399.-
Special offer for Labcompliance Usersclub Members Recorded Seminar- CD or Web download. Order includes all reference material. for Usersclub information and registration, click here	US$ 299.-

About audio seminars

Online audio seminars are presented over the phone. During the live presentation attendees can:

1. Study the printed slide material
2. Watch the slides on a computer
3. Watch the slides on a video screen in a seminar room
4. Ask questions through email and web form

About Dr. Ludwig Huber

Dr. Ludwig Huber is the author of the Labcompliance Newsletter. He has been conducting over 100 web and audio or video based seminars since ten years. He is worldwide director for FDA compliance at Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Ludwig Huber is a frequent presenter at IVT conferences and has been awarded as the 'Presenter of the Year' out of 170 speakers. This photo is from IVT's conference on Network Qualification with Ludwig Huber as plenary speaker.

Dr. Huber has published several books related to validation and compliance, for example: Validation of Computerized Analytical and Networked Systems. He was or still is a member of several committees, e.g., of the GAMP Special interest group (SIG) on Laboratory Computers, PDA Part 11 task force, IVT task force on network infrastructure qualification and the European Compliance Academy. He frequently visits FDA in Rockville, VA, and participates in panel discussions with FDA professionals. For more information, click here.