Transcript Management Review

The NELAC Institute
Proficiency Testing Board
(PT Board)
TNI PT Board
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Carl Kircher, FL DOH,
Chair
Gary Dechant, AQS
Steve Gibson, TCEQ
Raeann Haynes, OR
DEQ
Bill Ingersoll, US Navy
Svetlana Isozamova,
Accutest
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Michella Karapondo,
US EPA
Kirsten McCracken,
TestAmerica
Richard Sheibley, WS
Consulting
Matt Sica, ME DOH
Eric Smith,
TestAmerica
Curtis Wood, ERA
Purpose
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Establish and maintain a national PT
program to support a national
environmental laboratory
accreditation program.
Elements of Program
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Ensure adequate oversight of PT providers
Establish Fields of Proficiency Testing
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Matrices, analytes, concentrations,
formulation recommendations, and
acceptance limits
General management of program
Oversight of PT Providers
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Provide assistance to the TNI Board of
Directors on the selection of Proficiency
Testing Provider Accreditors (PTPA’s)
Evaluate new organizations seeking to
become PTPA’s, and monitor existing
PTPA’s to assure that they are following
the requirements set forth by TNI
Establish Fields of Proficiency
Testing
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Review & evaluate PT data for the
purposes of determining the
appropriateness of PT study formulations,
concentrations, & acceptance limits
Provide recommendations to the NELAP
Board as to PT study formulations,
concentration ranges, and acceptance
limits
General Management
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Facilitate an annual caucus on proficiency testing.
Serve as a review board for unresolved complaints about
PT samples among environmental laboratories,
accreditation bodies, PTPA’s, and PT Providers that the
PTPA cannot resolve.
Represent TNI & assume a leadership role, where
appropriate, in activities involving national &
international PT standards development &
implementation of PT programs
 ANSI International Conformity Assessment Committee
(ICAC)
TNI PT Board SOPs
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PT Board Operations
PT Board Voting Process
PTPA Evaluation Process
PT Acceptance Criteria Evaluation
Conducting the Annual PT Caucus
Handling Complaints
PTPA Appeal Process (draft)
Fields of Proficiency Testing Tables
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DW Accreditation Analytes (Micro., Chem.)
DW Accreditation Analytes (Radiochem.)
DW Experimental Analytes
NPW Accreditation Analytes
NPW Experimental Analytes
SCM Accreditation Analytes
SCM Experimental Analytes
PT Board Current Activities
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Microbiology FoPT Subcommittee
PTPA On-Going Monitoring of PT Providers
Annual PT Caucus Jan. 16, 2008
Biennial evaluation of A2LA as PTOB/PTPA
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Includes observing on-site assessment of PT Provider
Input to ISO 17043 Working Draft
Special Session Jan. 17, 2008 (Air & Emissions +
Field Sampling & Measurements Proficiency
Testing)