develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.Standard Interpretation
Standard: 2003 NELAC
Section: 5.4.3.1
REQUEST:
Identification of controlled documents.
Is instrument software (or any other software) considered a controlled document?
Are equipment manuals considered controlled documents?
TNI FINAL RESPONSE:
(Quality Systems Expert Committee and NELAP AC, 4-7-14)
Software is among the items listed in Section 5.4.3.1 as a document that must be controlled. Equipment manuals fall under the categories of "procedures, specifications" that are also listed in Section 5.4.3.1 as documents that form part of a laboratory's quality system. NELAC 5.4.2.1 and 5.4.2.3.m also support having control over the documents, such as software and equipment manuals, that are part of a laboratory’s quality system.