QA/QC in the laboratory
Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of analytical chemistry laboratory activities are essential to the validity and usefulness of resultant data. However, in themselves, conventional QA/QC measures will not always ensure that fraudulent data are not generated. Conventional QA/QC measures are based on the assumption that work will be done in good faith; to assure against fraudulent practices, QA/QC measures must be tailored to specific analyses protocols in anticipation of intentional misapplication of those protocols. Application of specific QA/QC measures to ensure against fraudulent practices result in an increased administrative burden being placed on the analytical process; accordingly, in keeping with graded QA philosophy, data quality objectives must be used to identify specific points of concern for special control to minimize the administrative impact.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5062136
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-20624; CONF-9205182-1; ON: DE92015079
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) international environmental and waste management conference, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 3-6 May 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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