Quality Assurance Support
HSW Engineering, Inc. was selected to provide quality assurance (QA) support to the South Florida Water Management District under the Science and Technology Support Services Contract, Laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality Control Implementation Support. HSW has completed the following tasks:
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Updating of the District’s Chemistry Laboratory Quality Manual to reflect the laboratory’s current equipment and analytical methods and ensure compliance with the latest standard promulgated by the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Committee (NELAC)
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Prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs)
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Perform laboratory audits
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Prepare quality assessment reports, including a comprehensive assessment of the quality of data generated by the District’s internal laboratory and multiple contract laboratories over the past year
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Conduct QA-level investigations concerning laboratory analyses and initiate resolutions.
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Design and create DVD training courses with supporting user manuals (recently completed one on “Ethics in Environmental Sampling and Analysis”).
In addition, HSW is also providing support in data validation, records and data management, including quality control checks and work flow and products tracking, and technical support for data reduction, analysis, integration, synthesis, data presentation, and report writing.
