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' Section 7 <br /> . UNSITE Environmental Laboratones Inc Revision 0 <br /> ' Quality Assurance Plan February 15, 1996 <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br /> 1 7.0 QUALITY CONTROL AMD ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES <br /> 7 1 Overview of Quality Control Program <br /> ' 7 1 1 Quality Assurance <br /> A quarry assurance program is an essential part of a sound analytical protocol <br /> ' and should be used to detect and correct problems m the measurement process <br /> and to demonstrate attainment of a state of statistical control The objective of <br /> quality assurance programs for analytical measurements is to reduce <br /> measurement errors to agreed upon lirruts and to assure that the results have a <br /> high probability of being of acceptable quality Two concepts are involved in <br /> quality assurance <br /> > Quality control, the mechanism established to control errors <br /> ' > Quality assessment, the system used to verify that the analytical <br /> process is operating within acceptable limits <br /> 7 1 2 Quality Control <br /> The ONSITE quality control program includes the following <br /> ' > Development of and strict adherence to principles of good laboratory <br /> practice <br /> ' > Consistent use of Standard Operation Procedures <br /> ' > Establishment of and adherence to carefully designed protocols for <br /> specific measurement programs <br /> ' > The consistent use of qualified personnel <br /> > Reliable and well-maintained equipment <br /> ' > Appropriate calibrations and standards <br /> ' > The use of surrogates, matrix and blank spikes, second source check <br /> standards, and duplicate analyses <br /> ' > The use of peer and/or supervisory review of all data inputs, <br /> calculations, and reports <br /> Word 6 0 loels=7 doc <br />