AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD MEASUREMENT AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTATION QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR RADIOASSAY LABORATORIES
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Scope
2 Reference
3 Glossary
3.1 Special word usage
3.2 Specific terms
4 National performance testing program
4.1 Organizational responsibilities
4.2 Accreditation
4.3 Test radionuclides and activity ranges
5 Quality assurance
5.1 QA program
5.2 Elements of a QA program
5.3 Sample process quality control
6 Bibliography
Annex A (normative) Operational requirements of a
radioassay laboratory
ANNEX
A.1 Service laboratory operational criteria
A.2 Facility criteria
A.3 Waste management plan
A.4 Staff qualifications
A.5 Nuclear instrumentation
A.6 Laboratory performance criteria
A.7 Detection limit concepts
A.8 Reporting results by the service laboratory
A.9 Record retention by the service laboratory
A.10 Test selection
A.11 Bibliography for Annex A
Annex B (normative) Examples of reference and monitoring
laboratories, and existing measurement assurance
programs
B.1 EPA laboratory intercomparison studies
program
B.2 DOE QA programs
B.3 World Health Organization (WHO)
International Reference Center for
Radioactivity
B.4 IAEA Analytical Quality Control Service (AQCS)
B.5 Nuclear power utilities
B.6 Bibliography for Annex B
Annex C (informative) Guidance on QA investigations and
corrective actions related to radioassay work
Annex D (informative) Data quality objectives applicable
to radioassays
D.1 Project goals development process
D.2 Analytical process and data quality plan
D.3 QA program design
A standard guide for MQA programs which is developed for specialized sectors within the radioassay community, i.e:- environmental restoration/waste management, radiopharmaceuticals, bioassay, routine environmental monitoring and nuclear power chemistry. Provides also the means for establishing the more limited objectives which day-by-day operations of individual laboratory, also includes mandated protocols, information and recommendations to maintain and implement a radioassay QA program. Overall utility of radioassay data which results from the combination of traceable and defensible measurements with careful planning to determine data quality objectives. Standard addresses only aspects for the users program - see guidance in annex D.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers |
| Committee | IEEE |
