QA/QC

Artiola Chapter 2

http://www.epa.gov/quality/qapps.html
Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans (G-5) (PDF 401KB) - December 2002, EPA/240/R-02/009.
EPA Requirements for Quality Management Plans (QA/R-2)

Also read the FAQs
We will review two plans (QMP and a QA/QC) developed locally.

What is a Quality System?
Why do we have to develop these plans?
What is the difference between QA/QC
What is a QMP? SOC? QAPP?

What is the difference between a QMP and a QAPP?
Who writes these respective guidelines?

What goes in a QMP?
How does a QAPP and SOP work under the QMP?
What types of things might you have to have training for?
What types of things must be included under the IRM portion of a QMP?
What are some assessment tools under a QMP?

Who should be involved in writing the QAPP?
What are the four basic parts?
Define accuracy, precision, bias, comparability, completeness, representativeness and sensitivity?
What could be a part of the project documents?
Part B covers the actual data collection. What is so important about sampling methodology?
What is chain of custody, why do it, how do it?
How do you preserve a sample for transport?
What are sample holding times?
What kind of errors can you have with analytical procedures?
What is qualitative versus quantitative analysis?
Is the test capable of measuring the analyte? What is the lowest level that can be measured?
Is it really there?
What is a detection limit? What is the difference between instrument detection and method detection? What is a PQL? % Recovery?
What do the following terms mean: calibration, MSA?
What type of blanks exist? Replicates? Spikes?
How often should your field equipment be calibrated?
What kind of errors can exist that would affect the data once generated?
What types of reviews exist for evaluating a lab?
What is the difference between data verification and validation?