Quality Assurance
ALS Minerals has developed and implemented at each of its locations a Quality Management System (QMS) designed to ensure the production of consistently reliable data. The system covers all laboratory activities and takes into consideration the requirements of ISO standards.
The QMS operates under global and regional Quality Control (QC) teams responsible for the execution and monitoring of the Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control programs in each department, on a regular basis. Audited both internally and by outside parties, these programs include, but are not limited to, proficiency testing of a variety of parameters, ensuring that all key methods have standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are in place and being followed properly, and ensuring that quality control standards are producing consistent results.
Accreditation
Perhaps the most important aspect of the QMS is the process of external auditing by recognized organizations and the maintaining of ISO registrations and accreditations. ISO registration and accreditation provides independent verification for our clients that a QMS is in operation at the location in question. Most ALS Minerals laboratories are registered or are pending registration to ISO 9001:2008, and a number of analytical facilities have received ISO 17025 accreditations for specific laboratory procedures.
The Open Lab Initiative
The Open Lab Initiative allows you to track the real-time progress of your samples through our laboratory and have complete confidence in the accuracy of your results. ALS Minerals provides a more complete view into its laboratory through WebtrieveTM, the on-line interface to its laboratory data. Along with access to results and certificates of analysis, WebtrieveTM provides additional assurance of the quality of data by providing on-line access to complete audit trails and important QC data and control charts.
ALS Minerals Quality Technical Note
