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Understanding the various nuances of improper pipetting is one of the most critical elements to ensure accuracy and precision, particularly in the face of high personnel turnover, growing laboratory workloads and increasingly complex tests. Thorough training regimens should be documented and include regular proficiency assessments, even if this is not a regulatory requirement. Continually employing consistent pipetting technique across the entire laboratory workforce ensures consistency of test results.
In practiced hands, a properly calibrated pipette is an accurate and precise instrument. As with any precision instrument, however, improper technique can negatively affect test results.
Pre-wetting increases the humidity within the tip reducing evaporation of the samples being transferred.
While pre-wetting, make sure not to dip the pipette tip too far in to the solution to avoid droplets sticking to the outer surface of the tip.
Pipettes are susceptible to variation in the temperature of the samples dispensed. Cold liquids tend to deliver in excess, while warm liquids may deliver smaller volumes than expected. Unless otherwise specified, allow sufficient time for the temperature of your pipettes and liquids to equilibrate before use.
Minimize handling of the pipette and tips to avoid body temperature transfer to the pipette. Temperature transfer makes the air inside the pipette and tip to expand and thereby causes variation in sample volume being aspirated. So it is advisable to use a pipette stand in between pipetting steps.
Examining the tip for droplets on the outer surface can avoid pipetting volume errors. If droplets are found, wipe it carefully avoiding the tip orifice with a lint-free cloth.
Using Standard mode pipetting for aqueous solutions and reverse mode pipetting for viscous solutions avoids pipetting error by virtue of the nature of the sample.
Pausing consistently after aspiration while the tip is still inside the solution, allows the liquid inside the tip to stabilize.
Make sure to avoid tip contact with the surface of the container after aspiration and pull it out straight.Surface tension is particularly important factor to avoid while pipetting small volumes which may otherwise may result in inconsistent sample volumes.
Mismatch between a pipette and tip may result inappropriate seal between pipette and the tip to minimize sample loss. Exerting too much pressure may result damaging the tip altered sample volume.
Depress and release plunger slowly and steadily for consistency in volumes being dispensed. Slow and careful handling of the plunger can avoid errors due to the air column displacing the liquid while pipetting.
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