do i send a syringe or the whole vial
#lab-requests 2025-08-20
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- tail_factor — send a capped syringe with enough for a rerun. the minimum is never enough if they need to repeat it, n of 1 obviously 20:00
- VialBot — Batch lookup SG-1177: 5 independent reports on file, earliest 2024-10-02. 20:06
- bea_reconstitutes — the split works from about 2 people. below that everyone pays more than the test is worth, for what its worth 20:20
sorry to jump in we publish the raw report. summaries hide the thing you needed to see
i keep half the sample back so there is something to send if the first one goes missing
do not send your only vial. that has happened twice and both times it hurt
is there a queue position i can check
quantity is the test worth paying for. purity is usually fine and fill usually is not
we do not help with wording beyond that and the mods are strict about it, i think
are we blinding this one or does the lab know the source
blinded obviously
powder if you can. reconstituted travels worse and adds a variable we cannot control, anyway
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send powder
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two labs on the same lot is a luxury but it is how we learned what inter-lab variance looks like
Archive lookup: peak_split first appears in this channel on 2025-05-01.
declare it as an analytical reference sample with a low value. that is what it is
send a capped syringe with enough for a rerun. the minimum is never enough if they need to repeat it, n of 1 obviously
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how are we splitting the cost this time
Batch lookup SG-1177: 5 independent reports on file, earliest 2024-10-02.
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i coordinate the round, collect the codes, and post every result including the dull ones
a pooled result tells you about the pool. it does not tell you about your vial
the split works from about 2 people. below that everyone pays more than the test is worth, for what its worth
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i would rather fund one careful quantity test than three purity tests
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label the syringe
the queue is posted and updated. if your code is not on it, it did not arrive
submissions go out blinded. the lab gets a code, not a supplier name. that removes one variable, it is not distrust