LGC Standard’s LoGiCal range of reference materials is being in the testing of athletes and animals.
The Anti-Doping Control Laboratory at Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), which tests for national and international sporting events, was an early adopter of the LoGiCal range.
The range focuses on clinical and forensic sectors and provides laboratories with access to more than 1,000 of the most widely-used standard reference materials.
Immaculada Figuera, a chemist in the laboratory, explained: “We test around 4,000 human and animal samples a year from sporting events around the world, screening urine, blood and serum samples for controlled substances.
“We perform a wide range of gas and liquid chromatography-based protocols, and use LoGiCal reference standards for both qualitative and quantitative analyses.”
“The quality of our reference standards is vital to the analytical sensitivity of our techniques and, as an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, it is essential that these standards are provided with a detailed Certificate of Analysis.”
