Why I keep choosing Safety Solutions – even when there's an alternative

I want to share something personal today. Not as a salesperson. Not as a "solutions provider." But as someone who's worked in and around laboratories for years and sees what actually happens on the work floor.

I didn't start Satiata to get rich. I started Satiata because I want to improve the laboratory world. My highest priority is that lab technicians can continue to do their work healthily, safely, and worry-free—now, and in twenty years' time.

The situation I often see with HPLC setups

In many HPLC setups, the liquid bottles are either open or partially closed. Sometimes with a point extractor above them, sometimes without. Technically, both solutions can be safe.

A point extraction above the bottles can be safe.

(closed systems with active filtering) can also be safe.

But safety isn't the only thing that matters in a laboratory.

The forgotten factor: impact on the quality of your analysis

What is often underestimated in practice is the influence of evaporation on analysis quality.

• Solvents evaporate slowly from the bottles

• The concentration of the mobile phase changes unnoticed

• Retention times will shift

• Results become less reproducible

• Ultimately, doubts arise about data that should actually have been reliable

This usually doesn't happen visibly or acutely. It happens gradually, quietly, and in the background. That's precisely why it poses such a significant risk to the quality of analyses.

A point extraction system removes vapors but doesn't prevent evaporation. A properly sealed Safety Solutions system prevents evaporation from occurring in the first place. This difference is fundamental.

Why I continue to support Safety Solutions

Let me be clear: I don't see point extraction as a bad solution. In some situations, it's practical and workable. But when you look at the bigger picture, a different picture emerges.

Think about:

• Stability of analytical methods

• Protection of valuable analysis equipment

• Reliability and reproducibility of data

• Less solvent loss

• Fewer reanalyses

• Less disruption of methods

• And ultimately: lower annual costs

From that perspective, a good Safety Solutions system is, in my view, the structurally stronger choice. Not only safer for the user, but also better for the quality of the work.

And perhaps even more importantly, it gives the analyst peace of mind.

Why this topic affects me personally

Every day, I see lab technicians who take their work extremely seriously. People who strive to do everything right, work carefully, respect methods, and feel responsible for their results. At the same time, I see how the circumstances in which they have to work sometimes make this unnecessarily difficult.

The pressure from QA/QC, audits, validations, and deadlines is already high enough. Therefore, the foundation—the setup itself—shouldn't introduce any additional uncertainty.

Safety isn't just about air quality. It's also about trust in your setup, your data, and your work.

The mission behind Satiata

I don't want a battle between solutions. I want laboratories to be better designed: smarter, healthier, and more sustainable.

If I had to choose what I would rather give an analyst:

• An open system with extraction above

• A closed system that prevents vapour formation

Then I know the answer.

Not because it's more commercially beneficial. But because it's better content-wise for those who work with it every day.

And ultimately, that's exactly why Satiata exists.