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it U <br /> IM�uanterra <br /> i <br /> Environmental, <br /> Services <br /> QUANTERRA'S QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM . <br /> i <br /> Quanterra has implemented an extensive Quality Assurance (QA) 'program to ensure the <br /> production of scientifically sound, legally defensible data of1hknown documentable quality. A <br /> key element of this program is Quanterra s Laboratory Control Sample (LCS) system. <br /> Controlling lab operations with LCS (as opposed to matrix spike/matrix spike duplicate <br /> samples), allows the lab to differentiate between bias as a result of procedural errors versus <br /> bias due to matrix effects. The analyst can then identify and implement the appropriate <br /> corrective actions at the bench level, without waiting for extensive.senior level review or <br /> costly and time-consuming sample re-analyses. The LCS program.also provides our client <br /> with information to assess batch, and overall laboratory performance. 1 <br /> Laboratory Control Samples - (LCS) <br /> 4 <br /> F <br /> Laboratory Control Samples (LCS) are well-characterized, laboratory generated samples used <br /> E to monitor the laboratory's day-to-day performance of routine analytical methods. The } <br /> results of the LCS are compared to well-defined laboratory acceptance criteria to determine <br /> whether the laboratory system is "in control". Three types of LCS are routinely analyzed: t <br /> Duplicate Control Samples (DCS), Single Control Samples (SCS), .and method blanks. Each <br /> of these LCS are described below. <br /> Duplicate Control Samples. A DCS is awell-characterized matrix 1(blank water, sand, <br /> sodium sulfate or celite) which is spiked with certain targetparameters and analyzed at <br /> approximately 10% of the sample load in order to establish rriethod!_specific control limits. <br /> i� <br /> Single Control Samples. An SCS consists of a control matrix that is spiked with surrogate <br /> compounds appropriate to the method being used. In cases where no surrogate is available, <br /> (e.g. metals or conventional analyses) a single control sample, identical to the DCS serves as <br /> the control sample. An SCS is prepared for each sample lot] Accuracy is calculated <br /> identically to the DCS. <br /> i <br /> Method Blank Results. A method blank is a laboratory-generated sample which assesses the <br /> degree to which laboratory operations and procedures cause false-positive analytical results <br /> for your samples. <br /> r � <br />