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1 Introduction ONSITE Env tronmental Laboratories Inc Revision 0 Quality Assurance Plan February 15, 1996 Page I of 7 INTRODUCTION This Quality Assurance (QA) Manual sununarizes the polictes and procedures in place at ONSITE ' Environmental Laboratories, Inc (ONSITE)used to provide analytical chemistry services for clients This manual provides guidance to ONSITE associates in fulfilling their responsibilities, and serves as a statement to external parties of ONSITE's commitment to quality The purpose of this plan is to assure that a consistent quality of data is being reported in support of the laboratory's responsibilines as an environmental chemistry laboratory serving both government agencies and private sector concerns ' Implementanon of the Quality Assurance Pian is the responsibility of all ONSITE associates Management at every,level is charged with the commitment, duty and authority to insist that these responsibilities are met, and that the pnriciples and practices of the program are followed and implemented All data reported by ONSITE are "definitive" lab results Standardized quality control and documentation is in place, which provides verifiable results To venfy that the Quality Assurance Program has been successfully implemented, the laboratory is reviewed by the Quality Assurance Advisor, who is directly responsible to the Laboratory Director and President In addition, the laboratory welcomes audits by vanous regulatory authorines and other outside agencies ' Quality Goals and Objectives Goal To provide data which is timely, cost-effective, and of a quality required by the client ONSITE recognizes that the data generated by our staff must be legally defensible This is ensured by a QA/QC program which monitors all phases of data generation, ranging from sample acceptance to sample handling, and from the actual analysis to the reporting of data ' Specific objectives of the QA program are > To improve the quality level for all operations within the company, using a detailed QA system to maintain and improve quality standards for analytical data ' > To update t istnunents, standard methods, and procedures, whenever possible, to "state-of-the-art" technologies ' > To validate laboratory methodologies by participation in external laboratory certification programs and internal method validation studies > To train laboratory associates to achieve the highest Ievels of quality, versatility, and safety within the individual mobile laboratories word 6 0 loelmao doe 1