Labs short Courses

Objective

After this three-day workshop delegates will gain an understanding of:

• The current OSHA legislation
• The obligations of employers as regards the safety of the workplace
• The techniques that can efficiently reduce the risks involved
• How to minimize the costs involved in the handling, storage and disposal of HCS.
• Global Harmonizing system (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals

   

  Delegates will walk away with the knowledge to:

  • Create and maintain material safety data sheets
  • Correctly apply current Legislation to hazardous chemical substances handling
  • Accurately Identify and classify hazardous
  • Chemical substances
  • Determine sources of exposure
  • Reduce Health risks and avoid costly mistakes
  • Identify correct protective equipment

“To find mistakes is not enough.  It is necessary to find the cause behind the mistake and build a system that minimizes future mistakes.” W. Edwards Deming

Course Overview:

Don’t put a bandage on a problem; fix the issue permanently. Root cause analysis is the fundamental, underlying, reason for a problem. This course allows you to identify the cause problem, solve it  and prevent it from occurring again. This saves your organization time, money and resources.

This course will also enable participants to understand root cause analysis as a procedure for ascertaining and analyzing the

causes of problems in an effort to determine what can be done to solve or prevent them. Consisting of lecturers, videos, exercises, and role-playing, this course is designed to provide attendees with an in depth understanding of how to analyze a system to identify the root causes of problems.

Purpose / Objectives

PURPOSE / OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate an effective problem analysis. Root cause analysis is a structured method used to identify the contributing or causal factors that underlie variations in performance that cause non-conformances. Participants will learn several root cause analysis tools that will allow them to identify and correct the underlying problems.

The Root Cause Analysis workshop consists of presentations, discussions and exercises that provide participants with an in-depth understanding of how to analyse a system in order to identify the root causes of problems and to prevent them from recurring. After attending the workshop participants will be able to: Differentiate between remedial actions and root cause analysis.

• Determine whether a root cause analysis is required.
• Determine problem solving identifying the problem and writing the problem statement.
• Implement steps for carrying out effective root cause analysis.
• Select from and apply various tools that support root cause analysis.
• Implement and monitor appropriate corrective actions, preventive actions and follow-up.

Key Outcomes

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate an effective problem analysis. Root cause analysis is a structured method used to identify the contributing or causal factors that underlie variations in performance that cause non-conformances. Participants will learn several root cause analysis tools that will allow them to identify and correct the underlying problems.

The Root Cause Analysis workshop consists of presentations, discussions and exercises that provide participants with an in-depth understanding of how to analyse a system in order to identify the root causes of problems and to prevent them from recurring. After attending the workshop participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between remedial actions and root cause analysis.
• Determine whether a root cause analysis is required.
• Determine problem solving identifying the problem and writing the problem statement.
• Implement steps for carrying out effective root cause analysis.
• Select from and apply various tools that support root cause analysis.
• Implement and monitor appropriate corrective actions, preventive actions and follow-up.

Course Introduction 

A laboratory is a critical part of many organizations; it's a place where innovations and new findings occur every day. Operating a laboratory requires a great deal of foresight, planning and a concise business strategy. Deadlines are critical, time to market imperative and mistakes unacceptable, the smooth running of laboratories is of top importance within the organizations. Technological advancements enable laboratories to operate faster, and to catalogue and manage data more effectively, producing increased expectations.

Lab managers are in search of solutions to keep up with the demand to deliver new and enhanced products in record time. All laboratories need to have sound business processes to enable them to deliver technically sound calibrations and tests.

This conference has the methodology and practical means of meeting these demands with three important objectives:

• Quality Management
• Laboratory Productivity
• Laboratory Safety

This program has been accredited with South African Medical Association Accreditation No: MDB015/347/07/2011 with 21 CPD Points 

Overview

An intensive three-day course on Statistical Method Validation for Test Laboratories.

Method validation is the process that provides evidence that a given analytical method, when correctly applied, produces results that are fit for purpose.

No matter how well a method performs elsewhere, analysts need to confirm that the method is valid when applied in their laboratory. There is now much greater emphasis on method validation in the ISO 17025 accreditation standard.

What are the benefits? This course will help delegates understand method validation and its requirements, select and apply the statistics required during method validation, select and use the appropriate types of method validation studies, appreciate and understand the links with measurement uncertainty Agenda

This course has been designed to provide high quality training to professionals seeking to effectively internally audit a Laboratory Quality Management System based on ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

You will come away from this interactive workshop fully prepared to pass your ISO audit and get accreditation.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the history, philosophy, concepts and benefits of a Laboratory Quality Management System
• Explain the purpose of and intent of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 
• Review in brief the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 
• Understand the responsibilities of an Internal Auditor and describe the role of an Internal Auditor in the maintenance and improvement of a Laboratory Quality Management Systems
• Plan and prepare for an Internal Audit
• Gathering evidence through observation, interview and sampling of all aspects of a laboratory's work, including witnessing tests and calibrations
• Conduct audit follow-up to verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventative actions

Learning Objectives

Method validation is the process that provides evidence that a given analytical method, when correctly applied, produces results that are fit for purpose. No matter how well a method performs elsewhere, analysts / technicians need to confirm that the method is valid when applied in their laboratory.

There is now much greater emphasis on method validation in the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 laboratory accreditation standard. This course will give detailed information and hands-on experience of practical issues of quality control and the requirements for accreditation. 

The course presenter will share experiences and provide practical examples on how to establish quality assurance / control procedures and how to validate methods in preparation for SANAS (South African National Accreditation Service) accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. 

Most importantly, this course will equip delegates with the knowledge and skills to draw up method validation documents suitable for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation. It will also provide laboratories with the opportunity to determine whether their work is performed correctly and according to appropriate standards and to understand the critical areas of method validation

To empower analysts in quantifying the uncertainty of measurement (U of M) for test laboratories according to the requirements of ISO 17025:2005.

Day One

Module 1:  Measurement and uncertainty: A conceptual introduction

• Why measure?
• What is a measurement?

Module 2:  Measurement and Probability

• What is the nature of the information from measurement?
• How can this information communicated?