AUDITS

Calscience participates in a wide variety of system and performance audits conducted by numerous federal and state agencies, as well as through our major clientele. These audits are conducted to verify that analytical data produced conform to industry standards on a routine basis. Calscience welcomes our clients to visit and tour our facilities.

System Audits

A System Audit is a qualitative evaluation of the measurement systems utilized at Calscience to ensure that Calscience has, in place, the necessary facilities, staff, procedures, equipment, and instrumentation to generate acceptable data. This type of audit typically involves an on-site inspection of the laboratory facility, operations, and interview of personnel by the auditing agency. Results of system audits are available upon request.

Performance Audits

A Performance Audit verifies the ability of Calscience to correctly identify and quantitate compounds in blind check samples. This type of audit normally is conducted by the auditing agency through laboratory participation in round robin Performance Evaluation (PE) programs. Examples of current PE program involvement include those offered by commercial suppliers like ERA (WS/WP/SOIL and DMR-QA), or other inter-laboratory studies not required for certification but done to ensure laboratory performance, as well as programs administered by major industries. Outliers in required PE samples are investigated and corrective actions documented and implemented.

NEWS & EVENTS

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