TY - JOUR A1 - Neukammer, J. A1 - Hussels, M. A1 - Kummrow, A. A1 - Devonshire, A. A1 - Foy, C. A1 - Huggett, J. A1 - Parkes, H. A1 - Zel, J. A1 - Milavec, M. A1 - Schimmel, H. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Akgoz, M. A1 - McHugh, V. A1 - Grunert, H.-P. A1 - Zeichhardt, H. T1 - Survey results on nucleic acid tests of infectious diseases: present status and need for rapid and patient near diagnostics JF - GMS Zeitschrift zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in medizinischen Laboratorien N2 - This survey will discuss current and emerging isothermal and rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based nucleic acid amplification methods for patient near diagnostics. To assess the clinical need of rapid diagnostics for infectious diseases based on nucleic acid tests (NATs) we performed and analysed a questionnaire among laboratories participating in corresponding INSTAND ring trials for external quality assurance. The questions concerning new amplification technologies like isothermal nucleic acid amplification, potentially suited to significantly decrease turnaround times, were complemented by questions to evaluate the present status of NATs. Besides end-users, companies were also addressed by sending out a manufacturer specific questionnaire. Analysis of the answers from 48 laboratories in 14 European countries revealed that a much shorter turnaround time is requested for selected pathogens compared to about 2 h or longer when applying temperature cycling amplification, i.e. PCR. In this context, most frequently mentioned were MRSA, norovirus, influenza A and B viruses, cytomegalovirus (CMV) as well as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). At present, 8% of the laboratories having participated in this survey apply isothermal amplification of nucleic acid to identify infectious pathogens. KW - Nucleic acid tests KW - Infectious diseases KW - Virus detection KW - Bacteria detection KW - Isothermal nucleic acid amplification KW - Status report KW - Questionnaire KW - NAT KW - PCR PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0183-lab0000160 UR - http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/lab/2015-6/lab000016.shtml DO - https://doi.org/10.3205/lab000016 SN - 1869-4241 VL - 6 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - GMS CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-36133 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Non-destructive surface measurements N2 - Materials and chemical producers require detailed knowledge of surface chemistry for research into new products. One way to understand a surface without damaging it is to bombard it with an electron beam, causing its atoms to emit characteristic X-rays enabling identification. The measurement of these must be precise as many elements emissions are close in energy – traceable reference materials will ensure instruments using this technique are stable and accurate. KW - Metrology KW - EDS KW - EDX PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-388647 UR - http://www.euramet.org/metrology-for-societys-challenges/metrology-for-industry/impact-case-studies-emrp-industry-theme/ SP - 1 EP - 2 CY - Teddington AN - OPUS4-38864 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - IND15 JRP SurfChem: Traceable quantitative surface chemical analysis for industrial applications N2 - The SurfChem project has made a significant contribution to traceable quantitative surface chemical analysis for industrial applications by delivering new certified reference materials and test samples for specific technical applications. Regular performance tests of instruments, metrological methodology for the detection of (bio)organic surface species, ambient and non-destructive surface chemical analysis for in-line process control and new in situ characterisation techniques of catalytically active surfaces have been achieved. KW - Surface analysis KW - Metrology KW - Euramet EMRP PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-388673 UR - http://www.euramet.org/research-innovation/search-research-projects/details/?eurametCtcp_project_show%5Bproject%5D=1115&eurametCtcp_project%5Bback%5D=893&cHash=5fd23fc7f759db18176584b5d8a5fe89 SP - 1 EP - 39 CY - Teddington AN - OPUS4-38867 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Swaraj, S. A1 - Dietrich, Paul A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Simultaneous surface and bulk sensitive XAS measurements of magnetic particle clusters JF - IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series N2 - Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle clusters (mnpc) coated with organic stabilizers were investigated using scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM). Simultaneous surface and bulk sensitive Fe L3 edge absorption spectra, obtained using a photomultiplier tube and a channeltron, were used to detect subtle changes in the oxidation state in the surface and bulk of Iron Oxide mnpc. The effectiveness of this mode of STXM operation is demonstrated for These nanoparticle clusters. T2 - X-Ray Microscopy Conference 2016 (XRM 2016) CY - Oxford, UK DA - 15.08.2016 KW - Scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) KW - Magnetic nanoparticles KW - Fe L3 edge absorption spectra PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-435907 UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/849/1/012014/meta DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/849/1/012014 VL - 849 SP - 012014, 1 EP - 012014, 4 PB - IOP Publishing AN - OPUS4-43590 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Dietrich, P. A1 - Thissen, A. A1 - Kulak, N. A1 - Kjaervik, Marit A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - XPS surface chemical analysis of aqueous solutions with EnviroESCA T2 - SPECS Application Notes N2 - Water and aqueous reagents are essential in any biological process or system. But apart from a few special low vapor-pressure cases, liquids have not been accessible to any technique requiring UHV conditions. EnviroESCA opens up this exciting field of applications. In this paper first results from water based samples are presented as a proof of concept to demonstrate the special capabilities of EnviroESCA analyzing liquid samples. The following solutions were investigated under near ambient pressure conditions: i.) water, ii.) brine, iii.) an oil in water dispersion, iv.) aqueous iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate, and v.) a suspension of nano silver particles in water. KW - Surface Analysis KW - Near Ambient Pressure XPS KW - Aqueous Solutions PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-394603 UR - http://www.enviro.specs.de/cms/upload/bilder/EnviroESCA/Applications/Liquids/Application-Note_EnviroESCA_Aqueous_Solutions.pdf N1 - BAM Mitarbeiter Beitrag im Acknowledgement definiert. IS - #000394 SP - 1 PB - SPECS CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-39460 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -