UK Company supplies Flame photometer to Colchester Hospital

The first advance in flame photometry in this century is proving a valuable asset for Colchester Hospital. Leeds based Spectronic Camspec have supplied the hospital with a BWB Flame Photometer which has individual detectors for Na, K, Li, Ca and Ba and can simultaneously detect and display all five elements with two point or multipoint calibration.

Sarah Woolls from Colchester Hospital said: “The BWB Flame Photometer will be used to measure sodium and potassium levels in Total Parenteral Nutrition bags prepared in our hospital Pharmacy sterile manufacturing unit for use within the hospital. It will also be used for determining sodium and potassium levels in pharmaceutical products manufactured in our hospital Pharmacy non-sterile manufacturing unit which are prepared under our MHRA Manufacturing Licence. This new equipment also ensures that we are compliant with the Good Laboratory Practice requirements of our licence.”