Quality Assurance
Ensuring the accuracy and precision of every result we report to a client is our highest priority. Our data review process is comprehensive and includes, at minimum, a review by an analyst, a secondary peer review, and a final review by the project manager. In a typical analytical batch, we perform numerous quality control analyses including blank spikes and/or reference materials, method blanks, matrix duplicates, and matrix spike / matrix spike duplicate sets.
Brooks Applied Labs strongly recognizes the importance of scientifically accurate and precise measurements that are legally defensible and useful for regulatory, litigation, and research purposes. Our program is designed by highly experienced laboratory professionals and is a leading example of best practices in our industry. Our expertise is regularly employed to validate the quality of emerging methods, certified reference materials, and even data produced by other laboratories.
Data Review & Quality Control Analyses
Ensuring the accuracy and precision of every result we report to a client is our highest priority. Our data review process is comprehensive and includes, at minimum, a review by an analyst, a secondary peer review, and a final review by the project manager. In a typical analytical batch, we perform numerous quality control analyses including blank spikes and/or reference materials, method blanks, matrix duplicates, and matrix spike / matrix spike duplicate sets.
Proficiency Testing & Intercomparison Studies
To demonstrate the consistent reliability of our analytical techniques, we submit biannual proficiency testing results of water and soil samples to independent, third-party providers (e.g., Environmental Resource Associates) for evaluation. We also routinely participate in intercomparison studies with other laboratories or experts from around the world. For many of the cutting-edge services we offer – including methylmercury and arsenic speciation – these intercomparisons are the only reliable means available for laboratories to evaluate their competency.
Reporting
Just as Brooks Applied Labs strongly recognizes the importance of scientifically accurate and precise measurements that are legally defensible and useful for regulatory, litigation, or research purposes, we also appreciate that report packages and electronic data deliverables (EDD) should be easy to read, reference, understand, and evaluate while containing all necessary information. We currently offer over 20 EDDs at no additional charge to our clients.
Our company utilizes a customized environmental Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that tracks each sample from the moment it is received, through preparation, analysis, and disposal. All our analytical instrumentation is integrated with the system, providing us with powerful data evaluation capabilities and the capacity to rapidly produce highly accurate report packages and EDDs per our clients’ requirements.
We routinely produce report packages according to three levels of increasing detail, depending on the specific requirements of a project, in addition to compiling custom reports when necessary. Examples of our reports, as well as a summary of the differences, can be viewed here:
Level II or “Standard” Package
Contact us today to get the latest version of our Comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan or for additional details on why you can rely on Brooks Applied Labs for your metals and elemental speciation needs!