Our clinical trial department’s lab centre moved into the former Moabit Hospital lab facilities in downtown Berlin in 2002. We not only fulfil the highest of analytical demands here on thousand square metres of lab floor area; this is also the organisational headquarters of WTGmbH, where we coordinate all of the various labs with the customer facilities. We have a powerful network at our disposal since becoming a member of synlab lab services in April 2007; alongside logistical support, this network enables us to work on joint specialised analysis projects with our network partners.

• Central and local lab management
• Production of customised sampling kits
• Organisation of sample transport
• Preparation of a comprehensibly written lab manual with detailed information on sampling and pre-analysis methodology, transport requirements, packaging for samples
• Service twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
• Barcode recording for samples, and comparison with the trialspecific database
• Information on findings immediately after validation
• Identifying outliers
• Trial specific flagging of reference ranges

We ensure consistency in our methodology and reference ranges during the entire study to yield reliable results that will stand comparison.

• DGKL e.V., Deutsche Vereinte Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin e.V. (German association for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine), Germany

• Instand e.V., Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in medizinischen Laboratorien e.V. (Institute for standardisation and documentation in medical laboratories), Germany

• UK NEQAS, United Kingdom

• G-EQUAS, German External Quality Assessment Scheme (Univ. Erlangen)

• ECAT, External Quality Assessment Programme (EQAP) for laboratories working in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis (NL)

• DEQAS, Vitamin D External Quality Assessment Scheme (GB)