Laboratory Association of New Hampshire Mission Statement
Providing professional development through educational opportunities, seminars, presentations and the distribution of information to its members
Creating a platform for communication among laboratories, regulatory agencies, professional organizations and related businesses
Encouraging quality, accuracy and ethical practices from its members
Protecting the interests of the environmental laboratory community while still working together with regulatory agencies and Accreditation Bodies to achieve a common goal.
The Laboratory Association of New Hampshire is a powerful networking tool for laboratories and industry professionals throughout New England. We offer the opportunity for like-minded individuals to interact and discuss issues that are important to all of us in the environmental field. The Association also works closely with select vendors to help members save on rising costs such as consumables and PT samples.
LATEST NEWS
2025!
Next LANH Meeting Tuesday February 18th,2025 8:30am Until Approximately Noon.
Manchester Water Works1581 Lake shore Drive Manchester, NH 03109 603-792-2855
Please RSVP By Feb 12th to Sophie Ricard at sricard@concordnh.gov
9:15am Presentation #1 by ANSI/ANAB “Evaluating Objective Evidence for Internal Audits” (1hr)
Followed by a Group discussion
10:45am Presentation #2 by ANSI/ANAB “The do’s and don’t’s of Management Reviews” (1hr)
Followed by a Group discussion
A message from Governor Chris Sununu regarding Laboratory Professionals Week April 24th-30th 2022
If anyone would like to suggest a topic for discussion please click below.
The LANH Welcomes all of New England and Beyond!
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Please take the time as Lab Professionals to be familiar with the 2016 TNI Standard. as well as the NH ENV-C Rules. Even just read a little each day. You will be doing yourself and your Laboratory an invaluable service. Those of you certified in Massachusetts should be familiar with 310CMR and QSM Version 6.0 for The Department of Defense and Energy.
January 2025 TNI Tip of the Month!
1.5.2.2.2 Ongoing verification of the LOQ The laboratory shall prepare and analyze a minimum of one (1) LOQ verification sample spiked at the same concentration as the initial LOQ verification on each instrument during each quarter in which samples are being analyzed for each quality system matrix, method, and analyte.
a) Results of each LOQ verification sample analysis shall be evaluated at the time of the testing and shall meet the qualitative identification criteria in the method and laboratory Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and the quantitated result shall be greater than the DL and meet the laboratory established accuracy criteria as established by Section 1.5.2.2 d).
(i) correcting method or instrument performance and repeating the verification test;
(ii) evaluating the laboratory established control limits to ensure they reflect current performance; or
(iii) raising the spiking level (and the quantitation limit if the spiking level is above it) and repeating the initial verification study within thirty (30) calendar days of the initial failure. Any samples analyzed in a batch associated with a failing LOQ verification shall be reanalyzed or reported with qualifiers.
1.5.2.3 Verification of DL/LOQ
If no analysis was performed in a given year, the verification of the DL/LOQ is not required, but a new initial DL/LOQ verification shall be performed prior to analysis of client samples.
1.5.2.4 Documentation
At least once per year, the laboratory shall tabulate all results of the ongoing verification sample testing. All data representative of the current operations shall be used, if generated within the last two (2) years. A minimum of seven (7) samples is required.
a) The laboratory shall record the analytical and preparation methods used, dates of preparation and testing, the batch identifiers, the testing instrument, quality system matrix, technology, analyte, concentration in the spiked sample with units, and the test result (if any) for each LOQ and/or DL verification test.
b) For each analyte, the laboratory shall record the percent recovery, the number of results (n), the mean and standard deviation of the percent recovery, and the spiking concentration of the spiked samples with units. These data shall be provided to clients upon request.
