Standard Guide for Reporting Results of Analysis of Water

Importancia y uso:

4.1 The proper use of analytical data requires adequate documentation of all inputs, that is, the source and history of the sample, laboratory performing the analysis, method of analysis, date of analysis, precision and bias of the measurements, and related quality assurance information.

4.2 In order to have defensible data, the report must be complete and accurate, providing adequate information to evaluate the quality of the data and contain supporting information that documents sampling and analysis procedures.

4.3 This guide contains some of the common data qualifiers or “flags” commonly used by laboratories following the good laboratory practices, the government contract program, or found in the commercial laboratories. Examples of these qualifiers are the use of (E) for estimated value, (U) for analyzed for but not detected, and (B) for analyte was found in the blank (see 8.11). The qualifiers included in this guide should help the laboratory and its customers to better understand each other by using standardized qualifiers.

4.4 Practice D933 is a comprehensive practice for reporting water-formed constituents such as metal oxides, acid anhydrides, and others.

Subcomité:

D19.02

Referida por:

D3975-93R19, D6328-18, D1067-16, D1067-16, D3976-22, D5612-94R18

Volúmen:

11.01

Número ICS:

13.060.45 (Examination of water in general)

Palabras clave:

analysis; blank; low-level reporting; reporting data; results; water;