1-2 – Chemistry QA – Laboratory Audits

Laboratory Audits

Environmental Standards has performed more than 1,000 laboratory audits nationwide at the request of industry, law firms, engineering firms, and even the laboratories themselves to enable them to meet their internal quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) requirements. 

Our laboratory audits are extremely rigorous and significantly exceed regulatory-based and ISO Standard 17025 requirements. Most laboratories are subjected to periodic National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) audits as a requirement of their accreditation; however, the extent and frequency of NELAP audits may not be sufficient to fully assess liabilities for specific projects or regulatory programs.

When conducting laboratory audits, Environmental Standards’ Quality Assurance Chemists evaluate laboratory performance relative to client expectations and liabilities, program or project-specific technical requirements, and client supplier policies.
Process improvement and risk reduction are always in the forefront of the effort. After the on-site portion of the audit, Environmental Standards evaluates the laboratory’s proposed corrective action plan to ensure that actions are sufficient to address issues identified during the audit.

Environmental Standards has conducted more than 1,000 on-site audits of domestic (including facilities in Alaska,
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) and international laboratories (including facilities in Argentina, Australia, Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, and United Kingdom).