Discuss the relative significance of the following lab errors 1-4:
- Wrong date or name on the report, but correct Agency Number and referring Officer is on the report. Discuss the significance and quality of the effort. How would you improve the performance?
- The analysis for drugs was correct, but the secretary mistyped the report and the analyst signed it. It read “There was cocaine present” when it should have read “There was no cocaine present.”
- Analyst takes a proficiency test. They got the answer following the lab’s SOP, but the correct answer was different than what lab said it should have been. Did the analyst fail the test? What is the analyst disagreed with the Lab’s SOP?
- Person does a test using expired chemicals. The file is reviewed by another analyst before the results are sent out. This is called technical review. They spot that expired chemicals were used. The person reruns the test. Was there a lab error?