Laboratory Quality Systems Committee
This committee develops a standard for the quality systems in environmental laboratories. The elements of the quality system include organizational structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes, and resources (e.g., facilities, staff, equipment) for implementing quality management in testing operations.
Conference Calls: 2nd Monday, 1 pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to participate in the calls of this committee.
Note: On June 9, 2010, this committee was renamed the Laboratory Quality Systems Committee to reflect a change in the TNI bylaws. Documents such as meeting minutes may show the previous name of this committee, Quality Systems Committee.
The committee will develop a standard based on public input, as well as the expertise of the committee and subcommittees. This standard should be universally accepted, not interfere with emerging technologies and ensure that the Laboratory Quality System will produce data of known and documented quality.
- Module concept - A management plan that is used by all disciplines in conjunction with one or more technical modules
- The management plan will have ISO 17025 references, comply with applicable requirements and establish requirements that apply to environmental testing laboratories
- The technical modules will be written for Chapter 5 Appendix D disciplines (ie, Chemistry, Microbiology, Asbestos, Toxicology, and Radiochemistry).
- ISO language will be referenced and relevant requirements for testing laboratories will be included. The modules will be renumbered.
- The document developed is a functioning standard that is adopted and required by Accrediting Bodies
| Silky S. Labie, Chair Env. Lab. Consulting & Technology, LLC Tallahassee, FL elcatllc@centurylink.net | Ken Jackson, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Ballston Spa, NY ken.jackson@nelac-institute.org |
| Brian R. Boling Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality Hillsboro, OR boling.brian@deq.state.or.us | Laurie Carhart NYS DOH ELAP Albany, NY ljc09@health.state.ny.us |
| Robin Cook City of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL cookr@codb.us | Tamara DeMorest Utah Department of Health Salt Lake City, UT tdemorest@utah.gov |
| Gil Dichter IDEXX Laboratories Westbrook, ME gil-dichter@idexx.com | Eugene Klesta South Bend, IN eugene.j.klesta@us.ul.com |
| Dorothy M. Love Lancaster Laboratories, Inc. Lancaster, PA dmlove@lancasterlabs.com | Robert Martino QC Laboratories Southampton, PA RMartino@qclaboratories.com |
| Fred S. McLean NAVSEA 04XQ(LABS) Goose Creek, SC fred.mclean@navy.mil | Michele Potter NJDEP Trenton, NJ Michele.Potter@dep.state.nj.us |
| Randall Querry A2LA Frederick, MD rquerry@a2la.org | Michelle Wade Kansas Dept of Health and Environment Topeka, KS mwade@kdheks.gov |
Current Projects:
Development of guidance for implementation of TNI QS standard modules
Current Needs:
Coming soon
TNI Quality System Committee Decision Making Rules (PDF, 65KB)
2008 TNI Version 2003 NELAC Checklist with TNI Standards Identified (PDF, 1.4MB)
Quality Systems Presentation, August 2008, Washington, D.C. (PDF, 268KB)
Quality Systems Presentation, January 2008, Newport Beach, CA (PDF, 63KB)
Assessment Forum Presentation, August 2008, Washington, D.C. (PDF, 46KB)