Technical Service Bulletins

LGC Maine Standards offers regular updates on products and activities in order to best serve the growing needs of clinical laboratories. Our technical service bulletins are specifically designed to help you with your needs for linearity and calibration verification, reportable range validation and new instrument performance validation.

General Notifications

• AccuTrak™ Calibration Verification Panel Announcement
• Safety Data Updates for VALIDATE^® Products
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA 2024) and MSDRx^® Infinity
• VALIDATE^® CM2 402re Lot 10706714 Kit Box Label Adhesion
• VALIDATE^® D-Dimer 902st Level 5 on Stago
• VALIDATE^® Calibration Verification/Linearity Roche CalCheck Replacement Guide
• VALIDATE^® UC1 All Configurations Urine Uric Acid Testing Range
• Frost-Free Freezers
• General Admixture & Dilution Recommendations on VALIDATE^® Kits
• LGC Clinical Diagnostics Shipping Protocol

Extended Expiration Dating

• 25-018: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® MTX 310ro Lot 10747874 test kit
• 25-017: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® CT 907re Lot 10743967 test kit
• 25-016: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® PSA 406ab Lot 10724480 test kit
• 25-012: Extended Expiration Dating for AccuTrak^TM aTG CalVer Panel 2400-0253 Lot 10743341 test kit
• 25-009: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® B-CTx 304re Lot 10737159 test kit
• 25-007: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® Anti-CCP 210re Lot 10723698 test kit
• 25-001 Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® THY 901AB Lot 10724074 test kit
• 24-026: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® SARS-CoV-2 IgG 510mm Lot 10694127 test kit
• 24-023: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® Folate RBC 309re Lot 10713272 test kit
• 24-022: Extended Expiration Dating for VALIDATE^® Vit D 506ro Lot 10687250 test kit

Product Announcements

• 24-010: VALIDATE^® GC1 1100ro Now targeting Albumin BCP in set 2
• 24-011: VALIDATE^® CM2 402re Roche Discontinuation of Elecsys Troponin T/Troponin T STAT
• 24-016: VALIDATE^® GC4 1400re Lot: 10706723 forward
• 24-020: VALIDATE^® Fertility 2 Now offers Androstenedione (ASD) analyte
• 24-021: VALIDATE^® TDM1 301ab Removal of NAPA, PROC, and QUIN (Rev. 2)
• 24-024: VALIDATE^® TDM1 301au Removal of LIDO, NAPA, PRIM, PROC, and QUIN
• 24-025:  VALIDATE^® TDM1 301bc Removal of LIDO, PRIM, and QUIN
• 24-027: VALIDATE^® GC3 1300ab Design Change to a 5-level set
• 25-005: VALIDATE^® UC4 704ab Method Updates
• 25-002: VALIDATE^® GC2 1200ab Method Updates
• 25-004: VALIDATE^® GC1 1100ab Method Updates
• 25-006: VALIDATE^® UC4 (704ro) Design Change
• 25-008: VALIDATE^® GC4 1400ab Method Update
• 25-011: VALIDATE^® CM2 402vt now targeting the Sentinel Diagnostics CRP Ultra (MP) assay
• 25-015: VALIDATE^® GH 508ro Design Change