Training Services

As the leading provider of ISO 17025 and ISO 8655 accredited pipette services, Transcat helps laboratories improve measurement accuracy, meet pipette calibration requirements, and support compliance with recognized pipette calibration standards. Effective pipette performance depends on both properly calibrated instruments and proper user technique.

Recognizing that a major source of pipette errors is user generated, we have developed comprehensive pipette training specifically designed to improve pipette user performance, saving thousands in costs per year. Many laboratories focus on pipette calibration requirements and equipment performance, but user technique remains one of the largest contributors to measurement variability and failed quality objectives.

Industry studies show users – not equipment – are responsible for as many as 70% of laboratory pipetting errors. The plain fact is that pipetting skills vary greatly from one user to another. Pipette measurement variability can significantly affect test accuracy and hamper confirmation of results, leading to regular cost increases.

Different levels of skill, understanding, or awareness often leads to different pipetting inaccuracies and poor repeatability. Common factors that affect compliance with pipette calibration standards and accurate liquid handling include:

Failure to control these factors can lead to significant measurement deviations that impact data quality, test reproducibility, and compliance with laboratory quality requirements.

To help remedy these problems in your lab, Transcat offers a uniquely innovative and comprehensive selection of Pipette Performance Training. Our programs provide a variety of skill-boosting and performance-enhancing techniques that identify and correct individual pipetting flaws to significantly help to your team’s productivity and overall effectiveness, thereby reducing inaccuracies that ultimately lead to waste and ballooning costs.

In our training program experiences, after 1-on-1 personal instruction most pipette users see an immediate improvement in measurement performance (based on a comparison of before and after measurement data with our training program).

We want to share our expertise to help your team improve measurement accuracy and repeatability. Our clients can select pipette training that is right for their staff. We offer three on-site pipette training options, plus a free online pipette training presentation that covers best practices and proper technique.

Our free webinar provides a convenient, non-invasive option for receiving a “best practices” approach to using pipettes in real-world situations. Your team members will learn pipetting techniques and procedures that will minimize errors, improve productivity, minimize rework and unnecessary waste, while reducing costs.

The real value for our clients? Our training provides the critical information and proper techniques your staff needs to know and includes a comprehensive list of ‘best practices’ to help them achieve maximum pipette performance and improved consistency, while extending the life of their pipettes. The webinar also explains how proper pipetting technique supports compliance with ISO 8655 recommendations and other laboratory quality requirements.

For laboratories that require a deeper understanding of pipette calibration requirements, measurement uncertainty, and user technique, Transcat offers customized, performance-based onsite training programs.c

Included are one-on-one performance training and an interactive training and demonstration presentation. Users will also receive a detailed analysis of their before and after performance results (confidentially) compared to both the group of participants in the training session and a more universal standard.

Interested in booking a training? Speak to one of experts today!