Environmental Diagnostics Lanoratory

Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory

American Industrial Hygiene Association Laboratory Accreditation Program (AIHA LAP, LLC)

AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs (AIHA-LAP, LLC) is a group of laboratory accreditation programs. The primary mission of AIHA-LAP, LLC is to establish high standards of performance for laboratories that promote the production of quality data for use in evaluating exposures that impact public health, the environment and natural resources. These programs are administered in a non-discriminatory manner and are open to all laboratories wishing to participate. Access to AIHA-LAP, LLC programs is not conditional upon the size of the laboratory or organization seeking accreditation, nor are there undue financial conditions to restrict participation. Accreditation is granted to any laboratory satisfying AIHA-LAP, LLC requirements for accreditation.

AIHA-LAP, LLC is managed to conform to the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17011:2004, Conformity Assessment – General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Conformance Assessment Bodies. Laboratories seeking accreditation must conform to the requirements of the ISO/IEC Standard 17025:2005, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, in addition to program-specific requirements as detailed in the latest revision of the AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs, LLC Policies.

The AIHA LAP, LLC Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Accreditation Program (EMLAP), is specifically for labs identifying microorganisms commonly detected in air, fluids, and bulk samples during indoor air quality studies.

The EMLAP program is fully recognized by the National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA), the Inter-American Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Information on AIHA LAP, LLC Policies can be found here: AIHA LAP, LLC Policies

ACCREDITATION BODIES RECOGNIZED BY NACLA

To date, NACLA has recognized four accreditation bodies (ABs): the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA); the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA); the International Accreditation Service (IAS, formerly ICBO ES); and the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).

The basis for NACLA recognition is a three-step process: careful review of the ABs documents and procedures; a thorough on-site evaluation by a team of NACLA experts to determine the AB's compliance with NACLA recognition procedures and the international standard for ABs (ISO/IEC Guide 58); and review of the evaluation team's report and recommendation by representatives of peer ABs and interested NACLA-member specifies who form NACLA's Acceptance Panel.

Those ABs which the Acceptance Panel finds to be competent are invited to become signatories of the NACLA mutual recognition arrangement (MRA). Under the MRA, each AB is required to treat the accreditations, test reports and certificates of the other signatories as technically equivalent.

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