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Current evaluations of proficincy tests at QuoData
The QuoData team has more than 20 years’ experience in the design and evaluation of proficincy tests and method validation studies.We plan, organize and evaluate studies regularly for our national and international clients.
Here you can find a selection of interlaboratory studies that we are currently working on.
Registration opens for IBBL biospecimen PT rounds in Luxembourg - RingDat Online to be an integral aspect in performance of PT
IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg) officially opened registrations for its latest round of 7 PT schemes on August 18, 2014.
QuoData Presents: “Qualitative PT data analysis with easy-to-interpret scores” at the 2014 EURACHEM PT Workshop in Berlin
QuoData will be attending the 8th EURACHEM Proficiency Testing (PT) Workshop in Berlin this fall. During this four day event from 6-9 October, QuoData will present a new approach for the evaluation of qualitative PT data. Attendees can also expect to see QuoData as exhibitors during this EURACHEM conference.
FDA interlaboratory study completed - proficiency testing and method validation for determination of arsenic in apple juice
Results of an interlaboratory comparison on determination of arsenic in apple juice have been published in AOAC International Journal.The study was planned and evaluated in cooperation with QuoData experts and our software PROLab was used for statistical analysis.
38 laboratories of the Food Emergency Response Networks took part. Besides laboratory performance the study aimed at the validation of ICP-MS methods for determination of arsenic.
Think Globally, Act Locally: QuoData supports the work of Reach 4 Your Future Foundation
QuoData supports the Reach 4 Your Future Foundation (R4YFF), whose work focuses on the creation of computer literacy centers within communities in the south pacific. This non-profit organization provides free computer literacy education to underprivileged children and adults, thus giving these students the skills needed for better opportunities and a better future. QuoData backs this goal and supplies the work of the R4YFF as an IT partner.
Symposium on PT evaluation at the 2014 IAFP meeting organized in cooperation with the U.S. FDA
Within the framework of the annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) taking place in Indianapolis (USA) on 3-6 August 2014,QuoData is organizing a symposium in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The symposium will focus on topics relating to the efficient planning and evaluation of proficiency tests and on the question of establishing a Laboratory Quality Culture. QuoData's scientific head, Steffen Uhlig, will give the following talk: "Effective PT Data Analysis and Laboratory Quality Culture".
More room for new challenges – we have moved
We have moved. After more than 10 years in the offices at Kaitzer Straße, QuoData has now moved to new premises in Dresden’s Blasewitz district, close to the “Blue Wonder” bridge. The new building is larger and offers enough room for QuoData’s growing volume of work.
By mid-December, all employees had packed their things and moved to the new rooms in an historic mansion from the late 19th century on Prellerstraße. Meanwhile all boxes have been unpacked and we are available as usual. Our new address is as follows:
PROLab-Workshop 2013
These days our PROLab workshop is taking place in Dresden. The workshop offers the opportunity to get an insight in the statistical background of interlaboratory testing and to exchange with other users and QuoData experts.
QuoData presents the results of the current GSR Proficiency Test and the results of a collaborative study on the Forensic Determination of Shooting Distances
The 20th annual meeting of the ENFSI expert working group Firearms/GSR (Gunshot residues) takes place in Riga, Latvia on 10-13 September.QuoData being a longtime partner of the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) will provide the latest results of the GSR proficiency test. Furthermore, the collaborative study on the Forensic Determination of Shooting Distances funded by the EU and performed in 2012, was analyzed by QuoData with assistance of BKA experts. The results are presented now at the meeting.
Meet QuoData at annual AOAC meeting and PT Conf 2013
In the upcoming month, QuoData will be represented at two events with its main focus on proficiency tests.
Catch us up, from 25-28 August on the annual AOAC Meeting 2013 in Chicago.
Every year the AOAC, which is focusing on the development of international norms and standards, organizes a meeting where scientists from industry, public institutions and universities can exchange.