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Proficiency Testing - Laboratory Quality Control Materials

Listed below are reference material, laboratory reference material,
standards and training material that are available for purchase
from the Health and Safety Laboratory.
Reference, Laboratory Reference
and Training Material for Occupational Hygiene Analyses
Laboratory Reference Material for
Environmental Air Analyses
Reference Material, Test Samples
and Standards for Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Fibres
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
If you are interested in ordering any of the above, please click here
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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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