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Quality assurance officers and scientist that want to broaden their knowledge of method validation and want to exchange with experts should consider joining QuoData’s upcoming InterVAL workshop.
- QuoData führte vom 28. bis 30. November 2018 einen dreitägigen Workshop im Auftrag der US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) und des Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT Chicago) in Chicago, USA durch.
QuoData conducted a three day workshop from November 28 to 30, 2018 under the aegis of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT Chicago); in Chicago, USA.
This was the first part of a series curated by QuoData to train microbiologists, food safety professionals and scientists from testing laboratories, industrial and research institutions, and regulatory agencies.
- Mit der wachsenden Anzahl von qualitativen Analyseverfahren steigt auch der Bedarf bezüglich Methodenvalidierung. Für die Schulung von wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeitern aus Prüflaboren, Industrie- und Zulassungslabors im Bereich der Mikrobiologie hat die QuoData für die U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) einen dreitägigen Kurs entwickelt, der sich mit der Validierung qualitativer mikrobiologischer Methoden befasst.
The need for method validation in terms of experimental design, data analysis, performance evaluation and competence determination is increasing with the growing number of available methods for qualitative analyses.
To train microbiologists, food safety professionals and scientists in testing laboratories, industrial and research institutions, and regulatory agencies, QuoData along with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT Chicago); have developed a three-day course on validation of qualitative microbiological methods.
If you would like to deepen your knowledge in the field of analytical quality assurance, you can do so at QuoData’s upcoming workshop on interlaboratory studies:
Workshop for the evaluation of proficiency tests and method validation studies with PROLab
QuoData regularly attends events of the scientific community all over the world to present novel approaches for analytical quality assurance and establish further contacts.
132nd AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition: 26 - 29 August 2018
At this meeting in Toronto, Canada, leading scientists met to discuss a variety of analytical requirements and new standards in the field of quality assurance. The CEOs of QuoData were also present.
The standardization process of A-YES (ISO 19040-2 "Water quality - Determination of the estrogenic potential of water and waste water - Part 2: Yeast Estrogen Screen (A-YES, Arxula adeninivorans))" has been completed.
For this reason the A-YES test procedure is a valid ISO standard for measuring the estrogenic potential of water and it is commercially available in various A-YES® test kit versions at new_diagnostics.
In August and September QuoData will participate in two events.
There QuoData's Data Scientists will present new solutions for analytical quality assurance, in particular for interlaboratory tests and method validation studies, which are based on tailored mathematical-statistical approaches and powerful web tools.
Fourteen participants deepened their understanding of interlaboratory studies during the workshop from 13 - 15 June 2018 held in Dresden.
This international Round Robin Test provided participants with information on their performance in emission tests according to the GEV Testing Method. This is used to determine volatile organic compounds for the characterisation of emission-controlled substances (e.g. adhesives, building products, mineral soils). In addition, the study allows a statement on the variability of the test results when using the GEV Testing Method in different testing laboratories.
In addition to the development of software and concepts for analytical quality assurance, QuoData also provides individual in-house workshops and training. Topics, training materials and examples are always adapted to the field of application of the participants.
From 23 to 24 May 2018, QuoData held a two-day in-house training course on the validation of analytical methods and DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 based on practical examples on behalf of one of the world's leading providers of solutions for the healthcare market.
The Eurachem Week 2018 took place from 14 - 18 May 2018. As a developer of mathematical-statistical concepts for quality assurance QuoData contributed to the event. Its data scientists and Carsten Uhlig of Akees GmbH presented a new approach to detect food fraud more quickly at the "Workshop on Data - Quality, Analysis and Integrity”, which was developed in cooperation with the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).
Often food is still edible after the best before date, but is still sorted out by the consumer.
On the other hand storage conditions that are not optimal can shorten the shelf life.
A joint research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is to find a remedy.
"Efficient estimation of the limit of detection and the relative limit of detection along with their reproducibility in the validation of qualitative microbiological methods by means of generalized linear mixed models", Steffen Uhlig, Petra GowikQuoData will be in Dublin, Ireland from May 14th to 15th for the Eurachem 2018 Scientific Workshop on quality, analysis & integrity of data. QuoData makes a contribution with a presentation on the application of machine learning algorithms for multiparameter methods to determine food fraud issues.
Besides its annual workshops, QuoData also offers individual training. These seminars can be conducted on the customer’s premises. Thus QuoData scientists can contribute tailored statistical expertise in the field of analytical quality assurance.
Results of an international interlaboratory method validation study carried out by QuoData have been published.
The Data Scientists of QuoData continually develop new approaches for the interpretation of proficiency testing data or novel PT programs. The focus of QuoData is to provide PT participants more detailed insights for ongoing improvement of their performance. The experts of QuoData are constant on the way to present new ideas and to exchange with the international PT community.
QuoData can look back at more than 20 years of experience in the planning and evaluation of proficiency tests (PT). As part of a project of the European Commission, a Data Scientist of the QuoData shared his experience and basics in the evaluation of proficiency tests with selected food safety scientists from 22nd – 26th May 2017 in Mumbai, India.
QuoData's 2017 international workshop on proficiency testing and interlaboratory method validation studies, which took place in Berlin for the first time, was well-received. Participants from Hong Kong, Hungary, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, The Netherlands and Germany attended the three-day in-depth training. QuoData experts, Christian Bläul (head of IT) and Bertrand Colson (Data Scientist), provided insights into interlaboratory lab assessment and method validation using QuoData software, PROLab.