COURSE OUTLINE

Following is an abbreviated list of the topics covered:

• Basis for a Laboratory QA Program

• Management Considerations

• Administration and Review of the Program

• Quality Control Practices for the Analytical Laboratory

• Basis for Control Charts

• Recommended Control Chart Practices for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories in Power Plants

• Use of Control Charts

• Controls for Establishing Instrument Performances

• On-Line Instrumentation

• QA/QC Practices Program Overview

• Characterization of Uncertainties

• Central Tendency and Dispersion

• Statistical Models

• Stating Uncertainties

• Propagation of Uncertainties

• Tests for Non-Normal Data

• Comparative Laboratory Testing

• Statistical Basis for Detection Limits in Analytical Chemistry

• Other Definitions of LLD or MDL

NOTE: Attendees are encouraged to submit plant-specific QC data that can be used for in-class examples and discussions.