Mettler Toledo has announced a free webinar with special guest presenter Dr Roy Helmy, Global Lead for Analytical Chemistry at Merck & Co. Entitled ‘What’s the matter with Sample Prep’, this webinar will highlight the issues of sample and standard preparation in an analytical laboratory and discuss how to prevent 99.9% of prepared solutions being disposed of without being used.
The webinar will be hosted on 24 April at 11:00 EST (15:00 GMT) and can be registered for at tinyurl.com/7mt8dd6
An extensive amount of waste is generated by sample preparation methods in analytical laboratories, and as the pharmaceutical market becomes more environmentally aware, how can this be justified?
Manual preparation of samples and standards for analytical methods, such as chromatography, reportedly accounts for up to 82% of solvent usage, 61% of labour time, and 49% of the out-of-specification errors reported. Reducing the quantities prepared has a significant impact on the amount of solvent and substance consumed, as well as the cost of an analytical workflow.
In the webinar, industry experts will describe novel solutions such as gravimetric sample preparation, which also has a positive impact on the quality of results and introduce metrics to measure an analytical method’s environmental impact (AMVI). Regulatory compliance with regard to GLP/GMP and US Pharmaceopeia will also be addressed.
The key learning objectives of this webinar include discovery of how one can minimise sample preparation volumes to avoid throwing away more than 99% of prepared solutions; understanding that sample preparation is a major contributor to sample and solvent waste and why it can account for up to 80% of solvent usage (UHPLC method); and comprehending the accuracy and limitations of balance and volumetric glassware and introduce new methods to reduce sample/solvent consumption by 75%.