Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Services
Our IH Lab services are provided at our Corporate Lab in New Jersey, as well as at our Indianapolis, Indiana and Garden Grove, California Lab (LA Testing). The IH Lab Division includes qualified and experienced professionals, including Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH’s). These professionals welcome any/all client interaction with the lab before, during, as well as after the sampling event. This includes support with sampling strategies (CIH’s on Staff at our NJ Location) so that we may assist in ensuring that the lab data we provide achieves the goal that the customer intends on achieving with the sampling. We also typically provide sampling equipment and the media for the sampling event at no additional charge, as long as the analysis is performed by EMSL Analytical, Inc. The IH Labs maintain AIHA accreditation for Industrial Hygiene which includes on-site lab audits, formal document review program, and Proficiency Testing Program as part of the Accreditation process.
As required, the Labs maintain any applicable state certifications for fields of testing for air samples. Air samples are analyzed for most analytes using GC-ECD, GC-FID, GC-NPD, HPLC, LC/MS, GC-MS, ICP-OES, ICP-AES, ICP-MS and/or IC. The analysis and reporting of individual samples is part of an overall process that includes analysis of Quality Control samples and programs. This process includes Instrument QC controls, calibration standard checks, spiked media, and reporting limit controls to ensure the confidence limits of the data are within the acceptable range as specified by the method requirements and our Quality Control Program.
Our IH Labs maintain normal business day operational hours with weekend scheduling availability as needed for critical response situations. Samples are received during regular business hours and Turn-Around-Times are tracked on business days. Lab TATs are offered for same day or next day, as well as for 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 1 week, and 2 week Standard TATs. Costs/rates are based on the TAT requested with our 2 week TAT rates being the most economically cost effective for our customers.
Sample control/processing (log-in, results data-entry, reporting) is facilitated by our computer Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) which tracks the sample job (batch) and provides the lab with a work log (due dates) to help ensure all the work is organized and processed in accordance with the client’s needs. Additionally, the LIMS includes security controls to ensure that information is controlled (locked) once the data has been documented and entered by the bench chemists. Reports are delivered at the choice of the customer which would include email, hard-copy regular mail, or both. Additionally, EMSL can provide Electronic Data Deliverables (EDD), as well as various QC Data Packages if required.