Reference Measurement Laboratory of INSTAND e.V.

INSTAND e.V. has its own laboratory for analyses according to reference measurement procedures as well as for routine methods, the latter being used to confirm target values for certain analytes.

The reference measurement laboratory is used for calibration purposes, both internally (for EQA-samples) and externally (calibration of materials for commercial companies to be used as secondary calibrators). The reference measurement laboratory is accredited according to the international standards DIN-EN-ISO/IEC 17025:2005, DIN-EN-ISO 15195:2004 and operates according to DIN-EN-ISO 15193:2004 (DIN-12286:1997) by the Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD; German Calibration Service) a part of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB; National Metrology Institute) in Brunswick and Berlin.

The main goal in the development and maintenance of reference measurement procedures as specified in ISO 15193. The analytical principles are gas-chromatography and liquid-chromatography coupled with (isotope-dilution) mass- spectrometry, capillary-electrophoresis, spectrophotometric analysis, flame photometry, AAS. The laboratory has reference measurement procedures for 30 analytes and participates in international EQA-surveys for reference institutions (IFCC/JCTLM surveys).

The reference measurement laboratory is actively involved in the methodological standardisation of haemoglobin A1c within the IFCC Network and is in active contact with other laboratories concerned with standardisation in medical diagnostic analyses.

The reference measurement laboratory can be contacted under:

phone:  +49-211-15921324
fax:       +49-211-1601296

e-mail:   labor@instand-ev.de

Members of the reference measurement laboratory:

Dr. Theo Akerboom
Dr. Patricia Kaiser
Dipl. Ing. Udo Kramer
Mr. Michael Kress
Mrs. Dieane Meißner
Prof. Dr. Hans Reinauer       
Mrs. Ulrike Speith
Prof. Dr. William-G. Wood