Reference Laboratory - Traceable analytical services for Healthcare Professionals

The Reference Laboratory has two main roles:

To develop primary and/or secondary reference methods in order to give stated, traceable, analyte values with known uncertainty in calibrator, QC and EQA material used within Laboratory Medicine.

This service is available to QC manufacturers, IVD manufacturers and EQA providers.

To produce low cost Quality Control matrix reference material (QCRM).

The Reference Laboratory undertakes network analyses as part of the initiative undertaken by the Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) and has also been involved in SRM targeting exercises in conjunction with the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM).

All analyses utilise state of the art technology with methods validated according to the guidelines of ISO 15195 (Laboratory Medicine – Requirements for reference measurement laboratories). Traceable reference material and gravimetric preparation of samples is used where possible, allowing the establishment of uncertainty measurements to be estimated according to GUM.