Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions and exercises where participants will visit the laboratory and they will be introduced to various lab instruments and their calibration process. Practical sessions will be performed using one of the lab equipment in order to apply the theory learnt in the class. The fast-paced modern technology has confronted the analytical laboratories with a host of new and increasingly complex materials, and has posed more stringent demands for greater sensitivity, reliability, and speed. On the other hand, the new developments in instrumentation have provided laboratories with new techniques, instruments, procedures, and reagents for dealing with these problems. This very expansion of equipment, reagents, and methodology has, however greatly complicated the task of the laboratory management and staff. Further, the new business models, industry consolidation, staffing demographics, society and regulatory expectations, and other factors are transforming nearly most aspects of the classical laboratory system.Further, this course discusses the roadmap to improve quality, performance and evaluation of the laboratory. You will learn how modern laboratories are applying current management philosophies to get closer to the business and to streamline operations. Practical details of laboratory management such as cost control, maintaining analysis quality, improving laboratory reputation, effective staffing, capital budget justification, and so forth will be discussed but the emphasis will be on systems rather than daily operational issues. Participants are expected to share experiences and best practices. This course covers the major operations performed in the analytical laboratory. It describes the major equipment, analytical instrumentation and process analyzers used in the analytical laboratory, their operations, validations, calibration and maintenance. The course concentrates on Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) which includes development, revisions, standards and implementations. Various Quality standards will be discussed. However, the course concentrates on ISO 17025. Finally, the course demonstrates the safety practices and its critical impact in the analytical laboratory. OSHA standards and regulations will be discussed and related videos will be shown to course participants.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30