PAT program report: background and current status

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The current status of the Proficiency Analytical Testing (PAT) program was discussed. The PAT program was a cooperative venture of NIOSH and the American Industrial Hygiene Association in which quality control reference samples were sent to over 1400 occupational health and environmental laboratories in 15 countries. The samples consisted of three metals, quartz (14808607), organic solvents, and either amosite (12172735) or chrysotile (12001295). The samples were mailed to the participating laboratories each calendar quarter (designated a round). The performance of the participating laboratories was evaluated by comparing their reported results against an acceptable performance limit established by reference laboratories. Results of the current PAT round, round 111 in October 1992, were discussed. A total of 1446 laboratories participated in this round. The samples consisted of cadmium (7440439), lead (7439921), zinc (7440666), quartz, chrysotile, carbon-tetrachloride (56235), 1,2-dichloroethane (107062), and trichloroethylene (79016). More that 90% of the laboratories were rated as proficient. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Dust Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Quality Control Quartz Safety Silicon Dioxide Solvents
• Keywords:
  Chemical-analysis Heavy-metals NIOSH-Author Organic-solvents Quality-standards Quartz-dust Statistical-quality-control
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  153-154
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213877
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1993 Mar; 8(3):153-154
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,2-Dichloroethane (CAS RN 107-06-2) ; Amosite asbestos (CAS RN 12172-73-5) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5) ; Chrysotile (CAS RN 12001-29-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Editor(s):
  Groff JH; Schlecht PC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c812164130a46f997e45f26b80b0457f8264269f17db33ef1d69416eebc7e8530be6f0f9fb6054ab535f9608380487d6f882c4dccb30b8036e1fa76eff99e7d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205324/cdc_205324_DS1.pdf
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