PRESENTATIONS

The following two presentations were sponsored by the ALTC at the Division's Conference "Using Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety to Reduce Organizational Costs in the 21st Century," August 27-30, 2000, in Tucson, Arizona--   

"Labs 21--Improving the Performance of US Laboratories"   by Dr. Don Prowler 

"Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety in the Analytical Lab" by Ann Rosecrance of Core Analytical Labs, and Paul Mills, Mentorprises Corporation

Here are three presentations from the recent MSI-2000: The National Management Systems Integration Conference--

Ray Frederici discussed the impact on the lab industry of the convergence of ISO standards
"Converging Quality Standards: 17025's Impact"  by Ray Frederici, Severn Trent Laboratories

Paul Mills gave an update on the Analytical Laboratories Technical Committee (ALTC)

Daren Valentine presented information regarding the transition to the New ISO 17025 Standard.
"ISO/IEC 17025: Transition to the New Standard"  by Daren Valentine, A2LA 

Here are four presentations from the ASQ's Energy & Environmental Division's  Best Practices for Improving Performance in the Energy Sector Conference, in San Antonio, Texas, October 1999

Paul Mills gave a brief report of the minutes from the Analytical Laboratories Technical Committee meeting, Analytical Technical Laboratories

Timothy Dawson USEPA Region VI,  presented examples of questionable laboratory practices, and advice on how to detect and prevent them.  "Environmental Data Quality"    

Ann Rosecrance, Corporate Compliance Officer and Quality Assurance Director, Core Laboratories, described the consequences of unethical laboratory practices, and outlined the development and effective operation of a lab ethics program in "Ethics Standards for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories" 

Chuck Wibby, Environmental Resource Association; Rock Vitale, Environmental Standards, Inc. presented the latest information relating reference materials to PBMS and NELAC. 
"Certified Reference Materials: Challenges and Applicability in Implementing PBMS" 

Publications in Development and Proposed Availability Dates: 

Guide for Ethics Programs in Analytical Laboratories (Available late 2001)

Guide for PBMS Applications in Analytical Laboratories (Available late 2001)

Quality Improvement Tools for Analytical Laboratories (Available late 2001)

Quality Assurance and Good Automated Laboratory Practices (Available late 2001)

Guide to Quality Standards in the Energy and Environmental Industries (Available late 2001)