Flowchart for the Laboratory Sampling Sample Subsample Sub- suplying lab LIMS Analyte A Analyte B Analyte C Analyte D Analyte Y Result A Result B Result C Result D Result Y Logistic Analyte D Result D QC LIMS Analytical report Total Sample results Other sample info and invoice data Final approval & signiture Customer Invoice

LIMS - VAXLIMS Laboratory Information Management System –Information on sampling sites –Information on customers (orders) –Information on individual analytic programmes –Gives unique ID number to samples –Samples and subsamples are barcoded –Barcodes gives information to instruments and instruments returns results to VAXLIMS –Sample information etc. can be accessed from other ROVESTA departments (Holbæk, Næstved) –VAXLIMS produces final analytical reports and data for invoices

Analytical selection Waste water: –pH –Suspended solids –Biochemical and chemical oxygen demand (BOD & COD) –Nitrite, nitrate, ammonium, kjeldahl-N and total nitrogen –Ortho phosphate and total phosphorus –Chloride –Sulfate

Analytical selection Fresh- and seawater: –Suspended solids –Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) –Nitrite, nitrate, ammonium and total nitrogen –Ortho phosphate and total phosphorus –Silicate –Chlorophyll

Analytical selection Drinking water: –pH, conductivity, oxygen –Total solids, color, turbidity –Bicarbonate –Nitrite, nitrate, ammonium –Total phosphorus –Chloride, sulfate, fluoride –Hydrogen sulfide

Analytical selection Sludge: –Total solids –Volatile solids –Total nitrogen –Nitrite+nitrate, ammonium, ortho-P (special)

Quality System – DS/EN ISO Part 1: Management requirements –Organization –Quality System –Document control –Review of requests, tenders and contracts –Subcontracting of tests and calibrations –Purchasing services and supplies –Service to clients - complaints –Control of nonconforming tests –Corrective and preventive action –Internal audits –Management reviews

Quality System – DS/EN ISO Part 2: Technical requirements –General –Personnel –Accommodation and environmental conditions –Test methods and method validation –Equipment –Measurement tracebility –Sampling –Handling of test items –Assuring the quality of test results –Reporting the results