Guidelines on virtual hands-on laboratory training Can hands-on laboratory training be conducted remotely? What are some methods to virtually demonstrate how to handle laboratory equipment or remotely direct trainees to perform technical measurements? How can misunderstandings of instructions be avoided? What software applications can support virtual hands-on laboratory training? It became obvious that these questions…
Tuesday 1 June 2021 | UTC 14:00 to 16:00* | Please check your local time. 3rd virtual workshop Piston pipettes calibration as part of a quality assurance program Calibración de pipetas de pistón como parte de un programa de aseguramiento de calidad Registration required https://forms.gle/nYQCwPML7NWY77kK7 Free activity organized by SIM with…
How can quality infrastructure, or QI for short, strengthen the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic? A team of internal and external PTB experts has examined this issue in a discussion paper. The topic was developed as a basis for discussion within PTB’s International Cooperation Group on a task force that deals with the challenges of…
Since March 2020, the PTB’s International Cooperation Group has been facing major challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The social and travel-related restrictions have led to the staff members having to transfer the project work almost completely to the virtual realm. This has not only raised many questions regarding technical implementation. A major challenge is…
Everyone has been talking about PCR tests since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but how are they related to quality infrastructure? What relevance does the topic have in the context of PTB’s development cooperation? How can it be guaranteed that test results are correct, comparable and internationally recognized? The international standard ISO 15189:2012 (the…
In 2020 correspondence took place between Dr. Marion Stoldt, Head of the PTB’s International Cooperation Department, and Dr. Annalisa Primi, Director of the OECD Development Centre’s Structural Politics and Innovation Department. Per this correspondence, closer cooperation between the PTB and the OECD Initiative for Political Dialogue on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development was…
In nearly all areas of our everyday life, Covid-19 has been presenting us with huge challenges. This also applies to our work routines. Whereas people working in certain professions can work from home, this is simply impossible for others. In such cases, the workplace must, despite the pandemic, provide employees with a safe environment and…
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that health systems in most Latin America and the Caribbean are not well prepared for such a crisis. One of the most important bottlenecks to date are the lack of respiratory equipment, intensive care units, sufficient and sure oxygen supply and enough qualified medical personnel for handling this equipment. The…
PTB investigates indoor air purifier developed in Braunschweig The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) measured the internal irradiance of a prototype of an indoor UV-C air purification unit to gauge its effectiveness in neutralizing germs and viruses. A simulation of the irradiance distribution in the unit also enabled us to investigate the suitability of the lamp arrangement…
We will remember this unusual year long into the future. As we all know, there have been and still are many sad, difficult and challenging events. Still, we will remember other aspects too: unrelenting willingness to help, solidarity and the speed at which we learned to work digitally. For us at the International Cooperation department,…