This white paper is addressed to analytical scientists and Quality Assurance professionals working in regulated laboratories in the Healthcare industry, or in companies supplying organizations within this industry segment.

Analytical balances are at the heart of virtually all quantitative analyses performed in regulated GxP laboratories. Accurate weighing is essential to the following critical steps within the laboratory:

• Preparation of analytical reference standards
• Taking aliquots of samples for analysis
• Preparation of solution, buffers and HPLC mobile phases

Therefore, analytical balances used in these laboratory operations need to be under control, as this is the essence of good analytical science. If there are problems with the analytical balance or the way it is used, then either of these two factors will have a major impact on the work of the entire laboratory.