2015 AACC

Troubleshooting for Clinical LC-Tandem MS - Interactive Case Histories-192009 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B218)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Mass Spectrometry, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Alan Rockwood, ARUP Laboratories; William Clarke, PhD,MBA, DABCC, FAACC, Professor of Pathology, Director of Pointof-Care Testing and Clinical Toxicology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine; Judith Stone, UCSD Toxicology Laboratory

After this session, participants will be able to: 1) list 5 important criteria for robust LC-tandem MS sample preparation development and validation; 2) design an effective preventative maintenance schedule for LC-tandem MS; and 3) use system suitability tests, pressure traces, and PM/reagent tracking records to solve 5 common LC-tandem MS problems.