SAVE THE DATE!

Mark Your Calendars for Thursday, May 13, 2010.
OELA/ORELAP Annual Environmental Laboratory Workshop


Getting ready for the New TNI Lab Accreditation Standard that goes into effect July, 2011: A program that will be of interest to all environmental laboratories.
Registration information available at www.oelaonline.com . Click on the Events tab for the registration form..



Summary of Workshop


The NELAC Institute (TNI) National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) has adopted for use within the program four new accreditation standards:


Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis


General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories


General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers


General Requirements for an Accreditor of Environmental Proficiency Test Providers


The new standards will replace the 2003 NELAC standard and will be implemented in 2011. All NELAP-accredited laboratories will need to comply with the new requirements by July 1, 2011. This workshop will review in detail the standard applicable to laboratories, briefly review the other three standards, and present the plan for implementation.


PROGRAM:


8:00 Registration
8:15 Welcome, Background and Implementation Schedule
8:45 Proficiency Testing Requirements Affecting Laboratories
9:30 Break
10:00 Quality Systems: General Requirements
12:00 Lunch Break (provided)
1:00 Quality Systems: Technical Requirements
2:00 Interpretations, Clarifications and Guidance
2:30 Accreditation Body Requirements Affecting Laboratories
3:00 Questions and Answers


New Meeting Location:


Northwest Viticulture Center 215 Doaks Ferry Rd. Salem, OR 97304 503.584.7272

For directions: http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutus/locations/eola/flocation.html

May 15 Workshop Successful!

Over sixty attendees were at the OElA/ORELAP Workshop in Salem on Friday, May 15. Thanks to all who helped with the program and all who were in attendance. (Don't forget HACH and Wibby Environmental who sponsored our breaks.)Michael Skeels set the tone from the beginning with his Future of ORELAP presentation. Marlene Moore, our featured speaker, spoke on Small Laboratory Quality Systems and also moderated our first ever Assessor's Forum. In fact there are two questions that didn't get answered yet: One on how to perform a Microbiological continuing proficiency demonstration and another on whether or not you need to follow the 5th Edition of the EPA Drinking Water Certification Manual to the letter or just as "guidance". We'll let you know what the answer's turn out to be.Copies of the speaker's presentations are posted here. Just click on the links below:

Michael Skeels' Future of ORELAP:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcwj6zpn_23dwr7fshc&hl=en

Dan Hickman's TNI and ORELAP update:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcwj6zpn_61dbtzw4ck&hl=en

Michelle Van Kleeck's Electronic Data Reporting of Drinking Water Data:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcwj6zpn_64gtcqsdgm&hl=en

Marlene Moore's Small Lab Quality Systems:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcwj6zpn_143hfrzwmgg&hl=en

Ethics and Data Integrity Training Presentation:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcwj6zpn_0f9dqhddm&hl=en