Who should participate:
This one-hour course is directed toward laboratory directors, managers,
analysts, quality control officers, and operators who oversee or
perform laboratory or field measurements, and particularly those
who collect, process, or receive samples throughout the course of
the work day.
Learning objectives: Attendees will
learn how to defend data based upon samples that are collected,
shipped, received, or processed as a matter of routine. You will
learn the essential requirements of creating a defensible data trail,
beginning with documentation of collection, chain of custody protocols,
sample handling and preservation. Learn what is required to establish
and maintain sample integrity. After the course, participants will
know how to complete a chain of custody, how to maintain sample
integrity, and how to prepare for a sampling event.
Course Description: The course covers
the proper way of collecting samples, documentation of collection,
chain of custody procedures, preservation, and storage.
Course Content:
Sample Handling
• Laboratory
Procedures to be developed
o Transportation
of samples
o
Procedures for receipt of samples
o
How to protect samples
Establish Sample Receipt Protocols
• Documentation
of sample condition
• Sample abnormalities
• Customer
Notification
• Chain of
Custody Procedures
Sample Acceptance Policy
• When to
accept samples
• When to
reject samples
• Sample identification
system and sample descriptions
Chain of Custody Review
• Importance
of the Chain of Custody
• Establish
documentation to be recorded
• Procedures
to review documentation to ensure required information is recorded
Establish procedures for documentation
of sample integrity
• Shipping
containers and sample bottles
• Holding
time requirements
• Preservation
requirements
• Sample volume
Sample Storage Requirements
• How and
where to store samples
• Storage
temperature requirements
•
Retention time of samples
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