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1 NEW YORK STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH WADSWORTH CENTER
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY APPROVAL PROGRAM PROFICIENCY TESTING

2 HISTORY 1985 NYS ELAP established, with PT as an integral part.
Restricted to Potable and Non-Potable Water. All WS and WP analytes tested + many more 1989 Program expanded to include full-volume solid waste samples Current Status All analytes offered for accreditation by NY ELAP are proficiency tested if they are on the NELAC PT FOT list (except CN in SW)

3 ANALYTES OFFERED TWICE YEARLY
POTABLE WATER: 137 (Asbestos by TEM is available to laboratories that are not NY ELAP accredited) NON-POTABLE WATER: 173 WATER BACTERIOLOGY: 4 AIR: 4

4 STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLE VERIFICATION
1. Verification of Prepared Value 5 samples for each parameter are analyzed in duplicate Mean and standard deviation calculated Prepared value verified if mean and standard deviation are within prescribed limits [NIST Handbook , June 1999, (h)(5)]

5 STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLE VERIFICATION
2. Verification of Homogeneity 1 sample is collected at the beginning, ¼, ½, ¾, and finish of each prep. run Each sample is analyzed in duplicate One-tailed ANOVA applied: between sample set and within sample variances are compared [NELAC Chapter 2, B.3.2]

6 STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SAMPLE VERIFICATION
3. Verification of Stability After the close of the study, 5 samples for each parameter are analyzed Stability verified if mean is within prescribed limits of pre-distribution prepared value [NELAC Chapter 2, B.5]

7 STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF PT DATA
All scoring conforms with NELAC requirements: Regression equations Fixed acceptance limits Statistical evaluation of study data

8 REPORTING Report forms contain the following information: Matrix
Analyte Name Concentration Units Sample id Method Result Mean/Target Warning Limits (+/- 2 sd) Acceptance Limits Score (Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory) X labs passed out of Y reported results

9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ALL LABS AND ACCREDITING AUTHORITIES
Summary data: Matrix Analyte Name Concentration Units Sample id Target Reported limits Robust Mean Standard Deviation Median Number of labs passing/ Number of labs failing Histogram of no. of labs vs. result reported


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