Calibration Services
PDF Download
GLP/Validation
| Calibration Services | Assuring Data Integrity |
|
| Data Sciences International provides high-accuracy measurement products. In order to maintain product accuracy, DSI hardware must be properly maintained and calibrated. DSI recommends that users calibrate their hardware annually; including signal conditioners, amplifiers and writers. |
Calibration Certification
DSI provides Certificates of
Calibration at the time of
purchase for all DSI hardware.
Calibration of hardware is valid
for 1 year, upon which the user
can return the hardware to DSI
for re-calibration. The
Calibration and Service
Department at DSI will recalibrate
your DSI hardware to meet
published product
specifications. Calibrations will be NIST traceable and performed according
to DSI's Quality System procedures. Upon calibration, DSI will provide a
Certificate of Calibration with data results for your quality records; recalibration
of DSI hardware will be warranted for a period of 1
year. Maintaining up-to-date calibrations will provide assurance that DSI hardware continues to provide accurate and reliable study data.
Calibration Intervals
The accuracy of
electronic and mechanical components used in
all hardware drifts over time. The effects of time
in use as well as environmental conditions may
add to this drift – eventually, causing uncertainty
in the product's ability to accurately measure.
To align drift and continually ensure the
accuracy of data, DSI recommends performing
annual calibration on its DSI hardware.
|
Authorized Calibration and Service Center
The DSI Calibration and Service Department is
the only authorized calibration and service
center for DSI hardware. Only DSI has the technical capability and tools required to calibrate and ensure
that products meet published specifications.
GLP Users
*Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), section 58.63, requires that laboratories conduct routine maintenance and
calibration of equipment used for GLP studies; maintenance and calibration of equipment must be conducted according to
a set schedule. DSI recommends that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) include requirements for annual
calibration of DSI hardware in order to comply with GLP regulations and ensure integrity of GLP data.
____________________________________________________________________________________
DSI products are not intended for the purposes of diagnosis of disease or other conditions,
or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or used as a life support device. Use of DSI products are solely for the purposes of conducting life science research.
_____________________________________________
*Good Laboratory Practices, Section 58.63 Maintenance and Calibration of Equipment [43 FR 60013, Dec. 22, 1978, as amended at 52 FR 33780, Sept.
4, 1987; 67 FR 9585, Mar. 4, 2002].
Section 58.63(a) "Equipment shall be adequately inspected, cleaned, and maintained. Equipment used for the generation, measurement, or
assessment of data shall be adequately tested, calibrated and/or standardized.
Section 58.63(b) "The written standard operating procedures required under 58.81(b)(11) shall set forth in sufficient detail the methods, materials, and
schedules to be used in the routine inspection, cleaning, maintenance, testing, calibration, and/or standardization of equipment...".