Columbus City Utilities Quality Control Lab announced that it has passed its Indiana Wastewater Environment Association (IWEA) Laboratory Excellence Award Audit with a 99.8%. The IWEA recognizes ...

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Laboratory suffers from severe staffing shortages, management shortcomings and other problems that could hamper the quality of the work being done, ...

Having comprehensive documentation of chemical analyses is crucial for any pharma QC lab. Capturing the entire analytical process – from sample preparation to crucial system components such as sensors ...

Audits are an essential part of any laboratory safety program. Audits are the exams of safety preparation. Most of us do not like to do audits or have our facility audited. Several years ago, my ...

The concepts of quality assurance and audits are two distinct ideas that serve the same purpose: improving quality, consistency and reliability in operations. Quality assurance is more of an abstract ...

Quality that has been certified is a critical attribute for laboratory consumables. While plastic labware may look simple, the precise geometric requirements that make pipette tips accurate and ...

An audit of laboratories in the United Kingdom has revealed a number of potential issues ranging from staff retention to a lack of shelf-life and virus testing knowledge. The UK Health Security Agency ...