Instrument Considerations in the Transfer of Chromatographic Methods, Part II: System Considerations

The process of transferring chromatographic methods between users and laboratories is often complicated and time consuming. This is the second installment of a three-part consideration of this common activity. In part 1, the focus was on the method itself. In this second part, the techniques and concerns about characterizing the systems in use in the originating laboratory and the new facility will be described. Given that the scientists executing the transfer often do not have free access to the originating system, alternative approaches to matching chromatographic results will be considered.