Quality control in CSF diagnostics - Standard or economy-based? At the end of February 2024, our biologist and medical device consultant Dr. Dagmar Michel conducted an interview on this topic with Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Uhr, Head of the Clinical Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. Prof. Manfred Uhr is [...]
Relationships between accredited laboratories and laboratories in the process of accreditation and their suppliers often fail because of the documentation requirement. This is because foreign suppliers in particular find it difficult to understand the requirements placed on them by the laboratories. Our whitepaper “Key points of ISO/IEC 17025” helps to improve the laboratory-supplier relationship. [...]
In addition to cell number, differential cell image, glucose-lactate total protein determination and the Reiber diagrams for albumin, IgG, IgA and IgM, the diagnosis of oligoclonal bands (OKB) is one of the central analytical methods in liquor diagnostics. The qualitatively reliable detection of oligoclonal IgG bands in CSF by means of isoelectric focusing (IEF) [...]
