Fun Facts About Thermo
What is Thermo Fisher's mission?
What is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer?
What is the term for a measurable standard that a product must meet to be considered acceptable?
What is a specification?
What does GMP stand for?
What is Good Manufacturing Practices?
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
What does FIFO stand for in inventory management?
What is First In, First Out?
What is the ticker symbol for Thermo Fisher Scientific on the NYSE?
What is TMO?
What is the term for comparing a measurement instrument against a known reference standard to verify its accuracy?
What is Calibration?
What does CAPA stand for?
What is Corrective and Preventive Action?
What is the primary purpose of a PCR reaction?
What is to amplify specific DNA sequences?
What does PPE stand for, and why is it important?
What is Personal Protective Equipment, used to protect employees from workplace hazards?
In what year did Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific merge to form Thermo Fisher Scientific?
What is 2006?
What is going to the actual workplace to observe processes, engage with employees, identify problems, and find opportunities for improvement?
What is a Gemba Walk?
What does ALCOA stand for?
What is Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, Accurate?
What is the difference between sterilization and disinfection?
What is sterilization destroys or eliminates all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores, while disinfection reduces or eliminates many harmful microorganisms but may not eliminate spores?
What does the acronym KPI stand for, and what is it used to measure?
What is Key Performance Indicator; it measures progress towards a specific goal?
Name four major brands that operate under the Thermo Fisher Scientific umbrella.
What are Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Gibco, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
What is the difference between a deviation and a nonconformance?
What is a deviation being a departure from an approved procedure or requirement, while a nonconformance is failure to meet a specific requirement?
Under FDA 21 CFR Part 211, what must happen when an established written production or process-control procedure is not followed?
What is the deviation must be recorded and justified?
What is the purpose of a negative control in a laboratory test?
What is to detect contamination or unintended signals and help verify the test is working properly?
What is the term for the amount of time a product spends moving through the entire manifacturing process, from start to finish?
What is Cycle Time?
What are the four main reporting segments of Thermo Fisher Scientific?
What are Life Sciences Solutions, Analytical Instruments, Specialty Diagnostics, and Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services?
In an FMEA, what three factors are evaluated to determine the Risk Priority Number (RPN)?
What is Severity, Occurrence, and Detection?
What internationally recognized quality management standard is used at Thermo Fisher's Austin biotechnology reagent manufacturing operations to support consistent product quality and regulatory compliance?
What is ISO 13485?
During PCR, what are the three main temperature-dependent stages of each amplification cycle?
What is Denaturation, Annealing, and Extension?
What are the five principles represented by the 5S methodology used to organize and improve workplace efficiency?
What is Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardized, and Sustain?