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Proficiency Testing - Laboratory Quality Control Materials


Standards & QC materials
Listed below are reference material, laboratory reference material, standards and training material that are available for purchase from the Health and Safety Laboratory.

arrow  Reference, Laboratory Reference and Training Material for Occupational Hygiene Analyses

arrow  Laboratory Reference Material for Environmental Air Analyses

arrow  Reference Material, Test Samples and Standards for Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Fibres

arrow  Production of Replicate Standards of Organics in Air on Charcoal or Tenax


Quotes for the production of replicate samples for development of methods for specialist environments are available on request.


Reference, Laboratory Reference and Training Material for Occupational Hygiene Analyses
Item Code Analytes Type Description ex VAT inc VAT
HSL002 Lead, cadmium and chromium within the WASP analytical range Membrane filter A set of four 25 mm filters and two blanks with summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous WASP round £50.00 £58.75
HSL003 Lead, cadmium and chromium within the WASP analytical range Glass fibre filters A set of four 25 mm filters and two blanks with summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous WASP round £50.00 £58.75
HSL004 Benzene, toluene, m/p/o-xylene and ethyl benzene, within the WASP analytical range Charcoal in glass tubes A set of four sample tubes with summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous WASP round £50.00 £58.75
HSL005 111-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethene, within the WASP analytical range Charcoal in glass tubes A set of four sample tubes with summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous WASP round £50.00 £58.75
HSL006 Benzene, toluene, m/p/o-xylene and ethyl benzene within the WASP analytical range Tenax for thermal desorption A set of four sample tubes with summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous WASP round £175.00 £205.63
HSL010 Training video. This DVD provides guidance to help laboratories obtain good performance in the WASP scheme. It covers the four main analytical techniques used in WASP £30.00 £35.25
HSL011 Reports from previous rounds (please state which rounds when ordering) £30.00 £35.25

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Laboratory Reference Material for Environmental Air Analyses
Item Code Analytes Type Description ex VAT inc VAT
HSL020 Benzene, toluene and m-xylene within the EnACT analytical range Thermal desorption tubes A set of four samples and two blanks with a summary report showing validated assigned values from a previous EnACT round £175.00 £205.62

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Reference Material, Test Samples and Standards for Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Fibres
Item Code Analytes Type Description ex VAT inc VAT
HSL031 The six common asbestos fibre types Melt mounted fibres Asbestos reference material permanently mounted on a glass slide in the appropriate refractive index £290.00 £340.75
HSL032 Non-asbestos fibres Melt mounted fibres Non-asbestos surrogates of asbestos permanently mounted on a glass slide in the appropriate refractive index £290.00 £340.75
HSL034 Machine made mineral fibres Bulk A set of mineral fibre reference samples, including refractory ceramics and mineral wools, with documentation £170.00 £199.75
HSL035 Asbestos In Materials Test samples A set of four samples from a previous round of the AIMS scheme despatched with full details of their content for use in quality control schemes £200.00* £235.00*
HSL036 Building materials / asbestos and non-asbestos training samples Bulk A set of typical proprietary building materials, including boards, gaskets, ropes and cements some containing asbestos, for training and demonstrations. £350.00* £411.25*
HSL037 The six common asbestos fibre types Bulk Asbestos reference sets for polarised light microscopy with certificates for use with MDHS 77 £120.00* £141.00*
HSL038 Asbestos In Materials AIMS samples Blind testing/additional participation in one round of AIMS £350.00* £411.25*
HSL039 Reports from previous AIMS rounds (please state which rounds when ordering) £50.00 £58.75

* A specialist asbestos carriage charge also applies to these quality control materials

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Further information
For further information please use our online enquiry form, or contact:

Proficiency Testing Team
Health and Safety Laboratory
Harpur Hill
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 9JN

Tel: 01298 218553
Fax: 01298 218572
Email: proficiency.testing@hsl.gov.uk



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