AboutTrace Analytics, LLC
Trace Analytics’ laboratory is accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.
We use state-of-the-art lab equipment that allows us to analyze hundreds of compressed air samples daily with very little human intervention. The result is consistency, accuracy, precision, and rapid turnaround. Trace is an A2LA accredited laboratory complying with ISO 17025, certificate #0322-01.
Through a system of international agreements (e.g. International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation [ILAC] Mutual Recognition Arrangement), A2LA accredited laboratories receive a form of international recognition, which allows data to be more readily accepted in overseas markets. This recognition helps reduce costs by reducing or eliminating the need for retesting in the import country. Laboratory accreditation provides formal recognition to competent laboratories, thus providing a ready means for customers to find reliable testing and calibration services able to meet their needs.
Trace’s laboratory successfully participates in the Compressed Air Proficiency Testing program. We are members in good standing with the National Fire Protection Association, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, and the Medical Gas Professional Healthcare Organization.
Our A2LA accredited laboratory is an unbiased third-party laboratory with no financial interest in other compressed air products.
Quality Control
Prior to air sample analyses, analytical instruments are calibrated with certified NIST-traceable standards over the entire range of interest. Media blanks are analyzed in exactly the same manner as samples to ensure contamination-free results. With each set of calibration data, a separate set of certified NIST-traceable standards are employed to determine an estimate of uncertainty (derived from accuracy and precision data) for air samples analyzed.
Method Validation
A series of exhaustive experiments are carried out to ensure that both the sampling and compressed air analysis methods are acceptable.
Air sampling gas vials are fortified with certified NIST-traceable standards, subjected to the same travel and holding conditions as real world samples, and results are determined for a whole range of parameters used to validate the methods.
A2LA Accredited
Laboratory accreditation uses criteria and procedures specifically developed to determine technical competence of staff, validity and appropriateness of test methods, traceability of measurements and calibrations to national standards, and quality assurance of test and calibration data. Trace Analytics is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 which covers the same quality management system principles that are addressed in ISO 9001 registration. Accreditation to this rigorous standard means that our laboratory meets both the technical competence requirements and management system requirements necessary for us to make and deliver technically valid test results. Certificate #0322-01.
Scope of Accreditation
The scope of accreditation of a laboratory indicates the lab’s general competency and capabilities by recognizing the successful completion of the accrediting agency’s evaluation process for specific gases, methods, and air specifications. It is useful to review a laboratory’s Scope of Accreditation to determine if the lab has been evaluated for the pertinent areas that you as a customer may require. Trace Analytics’ Scope provides a broad range of capabilities and represents additional scrutiny in the accreditation process. Trace’s accreditation encompasses breathing air, industrial and manufacturing air quality specifications such as: ANSI/CGA G-7.1 & G-10.1, CSA Z180.1, ISA 7.0.01, ISO 8573, MIL-O-27210F, NIOSH 37-7, NFPA 99 & 1989, OSHA 29 CFR 1910;, .56, .134, & .430, U.S. Federal BB-A-1034, US Navy Diving – SS521-AG-PRO-010.
