Speaker Profile
JOHN C FETZER
John C. Fetzer, has had over 30 year experience in laboratory compliance, including developing methods, writing SOPs, training, and auditing. He has served on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Chromatography, Analytical Chemistry, and Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

The Transfer of Validated Methods
Even a detailed and well-written standard operating procedure for a method cannot ensure that 2 laboratories running on aliquots of the same will get statistically equivalent results. Using different instrumentation, standards, reagents, solvents, and other chemicals, data systems, sample storage, and handling procedures, and other variables are common and can lead to different results. Making each ..

The Role of Logbooks and Recordkeeping in Identifying Root Causes
An out-of-compliance under GLP or ISO 17025 is a discreet and specific event. Its occurrence has major consequences for the laboratory operation. Can the incident and its timing give clues to what caused the non-compliance?The records in a lab – the logbooks for chemicals, reagent and calibration solutions, for sample preparation, for instrument maintenance and calibration, for quality checks – all are ..

How to Deal with Bad Results Under GLP
Assessment of the cause of non-compliance is a structured series of branching questions. The answers to these eliminate possibilities and eventually highlight a root cause. This process is described, including roles and responsibilities, timing, and efforts at prevention.In the case of an apparent anomaly; ous data point, assessment of whether it really is an outlier using statistics is done. If so, an asse..

Issues in Calibrations and Accuracy in Method Validation
Accuracy, the ability of a methodology to give results within acceptable limits when compared to known values, is a fundamental and key requirement. Calibration is the most common approach to obtain accuracy.Accuracy requires a comparison to a validated material. The level of confidence depends on traceability, a chain connecting the samples of interest all the way to the specific metric standards. This..

The Use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) Using Control Charts to Maintain Compliance in the Laboratory
Compliance under GLP can be difficult. The setting up of a system to monitor the performance of methods and instruments can lessen this. Statistical Process Control (SPC) uses control charts and statistical guidelines to monitor a wide variety of things in the compliant laboratory. These generate a proactive system to assess problems early on and quickly to be handled by adjustments rather than the strict s..

Method Validation of HPLC/UPLC Methods
Instrumental liquid chromatography, either as HPLC or UPLC, are common techniques in laboratories that do regulatory-compliance work. For Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) or for ISO 17025 compliance, such methods must meet certain requirements. This presentation will cover the key elements to have a compliant method.Instrumental liquid chromatography is an analysis that is widely used to determine purity, imp..

Validation of GC/GC-MS Methodologies
Instrumental gas chromatography, either as GC or GC-MS, is a common technique in laboratories that do regulatory-compliance work. For Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) or for ISO 17025 compliance, such methods must meet certain requirements. This presentation will cover the key elements to have a compliant method.Instrumental gas chromatography is an analysis that is widely used to determine purity, impurities..

Method Validation Under Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Any laboratory that supports products for sale or use in the United States must follow Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), a comprehensive system that guarantees the validity of results. If you work in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and petrochemicals, and environmental analyses then you are mandated to be following GLP. One of the major tasks in GLP is the validation of an analytical method.The new pharmaceutica..

Monitoring a Quality Laboratory to Prevent Non-Compliance
Everyone in a laboratory under compliance knows about 3-sigma out-of-control issues. Can the operation be monitored to avoid these? How? This webinar will cover the basic statistics of compliance and non-compliance and how to use a statistical approach to monitor the operation to ensure that it is under control and to see when a problem is arising, but before it is outside of 3-sigma.Data quality and co..

How to Deal With Difficult Customer Effectively
Difficult customers can be much more than just an occasional irritation. They can damage the reputation of a laboratory, take up a lot more time than the average customer, and can disrupt operations. Difficult customers are varied in how they deal with problems and the laboratory. Inter-personal skills in speaking, listening, negotiating, and other areas are needs that fall outside of the skill set of the l..

Implementing a Quality Management System
The Quality Management System (QMS) is a set of policies and protocols for the acceptable operation of an organization that contains laboratories that must comply with US FDA GLP. Examples of roles and responsibilities, useful metrics, and tools to monitor performance, and useful documentation will be given.Learning ObjectivesGLP RegulationsQuality Management System (QMS)DefinitionPrinciplesPurposeFunctionE..

Determining a Rational HPLC/UHPLC Selectivity Starting Point
Selectivity in a liquid chromatography (LC) separation is the ability to separate a molecule from other similarly structured compounds, such as conformational, positional, and optical isomers. Columns do this in a variety of ways that depend on the structural differences between the key target molecules. This is most commonly done by tailoring the column’s stationary phase so that the different target molec..

BEST SELLER - Method Validation of HPLC/ UPLC Methods
Instrumental liquid chromatography, either as HPLC or UPLC, are common techniques in laboratories that do regulatory-compliance work. For Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) or for ISO 17025 compliance, such methods must meet certain requirements. This presentation will cover the key elements to have a compliant method.Instrumental liquid chromatography is an analysis that is widely used to determine purity, the..