LEAP Testing Service
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The LEAP Testing
Service is part of the Donald Guthrie Foundation in Sayre, PA. |
The Latex ELISA for Antigenic Protein (LEAP) Testing Service is an independent
testing laboratory at the Donald Guthrie Foundation for Education and Research
in Sayre, Pa. The testing service specializes in testing natural rubber latex products, such as gloves, for the assessment of latex protein levels.
Contact Information:
LEAP Testing Service
c/o
Donald Guthrie Foundation
for Education & Research Inc
One Guthrie Square
Sayre, Pa. 18840
Phone: (570) 887-4645
Fax: (570) 887-4666
E-mail: LTS@guthrie.org
Hours:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday; closed Saturday and Sunday. The
lab will be closed for business on July 5th, 2010 due to Independence
Day.
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To
Our Valued Customers,
As
of July 1st, 2010, the LEAP Testing Service will increase prices by 10%.
We
have not changed our prices since 2005, but our own costs have increased
steadily over the past five years. We regret increasing prices, but we
have to do it to stay in business. Thank
you for your business. We are trying to keep our prices low without
reducing the quality service you have come to expect from us.
Kelly
M. Horton, B.S.
Laboratory
Director, LTS |
When submitting
queries or making payments to the LEAP Testing Service, send all mailings and
make all checks payable to:
Donald
Guthrie Foundation Education Research
Leap
Testing Service
1 Guthrie
Square
Sayre, PA
18840
In 1999 the LEAP Testing Service
earned accreditation by the A2LA for technical competence in the field of biological testing. We have
maintained this accreditation throughout this entire time span. Our certificate
number 1438-01. Click here
to download a copy of our ISO 17025
certificate and our scope of
Accreditation. The testing service’s accreditation includes two testing methods:
Lowry-based assay—ASTM D5712-05; and an ELISA-based assay—ASTM
D6499-07. This accreditation guarantees that all clients will receive the
highest quality testing available for all samples submitted. Click here to go
to the tests page.
Also, from time to time we have been asked about making latex free claims and
labeling claims with respect to the levels of latex proteins for various
manufactured products. For more information on this topic
click here.
D11.40 Notes from the June 2008 ASTM Meeting in Denver CO.
Click
Here
LEAP Testing Service:
LEAP was established by Dr. Beezhold in 1993 following the development of the LEAP Assay at the
Donald Guthrie Foundation. It was the first laboratory in the world to commercially test latex products by ELISA Assay and to date has tested more than
33,000 samples.