Insights & Perspectives

Notes on proficiency testing and laboratory quality.

Practical reading for laboratories working towards reliable results and accreditation, from the UboraLife team.

A scheme only helps if it resembles what your laboratory actually does. Start with sample matrices, methods and reporting.

From homogeneous samples to a confidential report: the steps every round follows, and why repeating them matters.

Why accreditation bodies expect evidence from beyond your own bench, and what to look for in a PT provider.

Satisfactory, questionable, unsatisfactory: how to interpret performance scores and spot bias before it costs you.

Results collected round after round are more than a pass mark. They are data you can use to understand your methods.

How simulated enrichments let laboratories test for Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter and more, safely and comparably.