Voting Draft Standards for Laboratory Quality Systems Available for Review

Date Posted: 12-29-2011

The TNI Quality Systems Committee has voted to approve 6 Voting Draft Standards.  Copies of these standards can be found below.  The committee has also prepared a summary of all the proposed changes, see this document (PDF).

In accordance with SOP 2-100, this standard will be open to a membership vote beginning on January 12, 2012.  This vote will be open for 30 days, concluding on February 11, 2012.  Any votes cast on or before January 30, 2012 will be discussed publically at the Quality Systems committee meeting in Sarasota, FL on January 31, 2012.  Any votes received after January 30 will be discussed publicly at the Quality Systems committee meeting during the Forum on Laboratory Accreditation in Washington DC in August 2012.

TNI urges all members to vote on this standard before January 30.

Environmental Laboratory Sector
Volume 1: Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis

Module 2 - Quality Systems General Requirements
Module 3 - Quality Systems for Asbestos Testing
Module 4 - Quality Systems for Chemical Testing
Module 5 - Quality Systems for Microbiological Testing
Module 6 - Quality Systems for Radiochemical Testing
Module 7 - Quality Systems for Toxicity Testing

Clicking on the module title, above, will open a PDF of the Voting Draft Standard for that module.