Overview
A listings of peer reviewed publications and
other analytical publications that may be of interest to HSE
Testing and monitoring WASP PT participants.
WASP PT Published Papers
Papers reviewing aspects of laboratory performance in the WASP
scheme.
STACEY, P, BUTLER, O. (2008) Performance of
laboratories analysing welding fume on filter samples: results from
the WASP proficiency testing scheme. Annals of Occupational
Hygiene, 52, 287-295.
STACEY, P. R. (2006) The performance of
laboratories analysing heavy metals in the workplace analysis
scheme for proficiency (WASP). Annals of Occupational
Hygiene, 50, 417-425.
STACEY, P.R. (2004) Proficiency testing (PT) of
ambient NO2 measurements using Palmes diffusive tubes;- recent
developments and results from the WASP scheme. Proceedings
of International Conference QA/QC in the field of emissions and air
quality measurements: Harmonisation, Standardisation and
Accrediation held in Prague 21-23 May 2003, Eds. A Borowiak,
Th l Hafkenscheid, K Saunders, P Woods. EUR 20973 EN 137-142.
STACEY, P, TYLEE, B, BARD, D, ATKINSON, R.
(2003) The performance of laboratories analysing alpha-quartz in
the Workplace Analysis Scheme for Proficiency (WASP). Annals of
Occupational Hygiene, 47(4), 269-277.
STACEY, P.R. (2002) Proficiency testing for
benzene, toluene, m-xylene and nitrogen dioxide in air: Experience
of the WASP quality assurance scheme. Proceedings of
International Conference Measuring Air Pollutants by Diffusive
Sampling, held in Montpellier, France, September 2001, Eds.
Brown, R H; Hafkenscheid, T; Saunders, K J; Borowiak, A and De
Saeger, E; Joint Research Centre, European Commission, EUR 20242
EN, 268-272.
STACEY, P.R., REVELL, G., TYLEE, B. (2002)
Accuracy and repeatibility of weighting for occupational hygiene
measurements: Results from an inter-laboratory comparison.
Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 46 (8),
693-699.
STACEY, P.R., Wright M.D. (2001) A proficiency
testing scheme for aromatic hydrocarbons in air by the manual
thermal desorption-GC method: a comparison of laboratory
performance with the uncertainity requirements of the European
Union Ambient Air Directive J. Environ. Monit.,
3 (4) 425-431.
Further Papers That May Be Of Interest To
WASP Participants
Papers dealing with analytical method development and validation
and wider aspects of PT.
ASHLEY, K., BRISSON, M.J., HOWE, A.M.* (2010)
Interlaboratory evaluation of a standardized inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry method for the determination of trace
elements in air filter samples: preliminary results. Analytical
Methods, 2(11), 1823-1826.
ASHLEY, K., BRISSON, M. J., HOWE, A. M.*, BARTLEY, D.
L. (2009) Interlaboratory Evaluation of a Standardized
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Method for the
Determination of Trace Beryllium in Air Filter Samples. Journal
of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 6,
745-750.
BELLI, M., BROOKMAN, B., DE LA CALLE, B., JAMES, V.,
KOCH, M., MAJCEN, N., MENDITTO, A., NOBLETT, T., PERISSI, R., VAN
PUTTEN, K., ROBOUCH, P., SLAPOKAS, T., TAYLOR, P., THOLEN, D.,
THOMAS, A., TYLEE, B.* (2009) Proficiency testing in
analytical chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine: working
discussions on current practice and future directions.
Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 14,
507-512.
STACEY, P.*, KAUFFER, E., MOULUT, J. C., DION, C.,
BEAUPARLANT, M., FERNANDEZ, P., KEY-SCHWARTZ, R., FRIEDE, B.,
WAKE, D.* (2009) An International Comparison of the
Crystallinity of Calibration Materials for the Analysis of
Respirable alpha-Quartz Using X-Ray Diffraction and a Comparison
with Results from the Infrared KBr Disc Method. Annals of
Occupational Hygiene, 53, 639-649.
STACEY, P.* (2007) Analytical performance
criteria - Measurements of silica in air: Reliability at new and
proposed occupational exposure limits. Journal of Occupational
and Environmental Hygiene, 4, D1-D4.
WHITE, J.* (2006) MDHS 25 revisited;
Development of MDHS 25/3, the determination of organic isocyanates
in air. Annals of Occupational Hygiene,
50, 15-27.
BREUER, D., QUINTANA, M., HOWE, A.*, DEMANGE, M.,
LUETZENKIRCHEN, C., SPRINGER, S., URIBE, B., ENSMINGER, A., HAUNSO,
N., FRICKE, H-H., JANIS, B., LIDEN, G. (2005). Analytical
methods for chemical agents - results of an EU project to assess
procedures for measuring hazardous substances in work areas.
Gerfahrstoffe-Reinhaltung der Luft, 65(10), 407-414.
(in German)
FOSTER, R.D.* (2005) XRF analysis of harmful
metals collected onto filters as thin layers from workplace air:
interlaboratory exercise. Adv. X-Ray Anal., 48,
296-308.
BROOKMAN, B., PAPADAKIS, L., SQUIRRELL, A., EVANS, S.,
ELLISON, S., ORNEMARK, U., BOLEY, N., SCHMIDT, A., VAN BERKEL, E.,
TYLEE, B.*, NOBLE, M., KOCH, M. & THOLEN, D. (2004)
Proficiency testing in analytical chemistry, microbiology and
laboratory medicine: working group discussions on current practice
and future directions. Accreditation and Quality
Assurance, 9, 635-641.
WHITE, J.* (2004) Determination of triglycidyl
isocyanurate from powder coatings in occupational hygiene samples
by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Annals
of Occupational Hygiene, 48, 555-563.
ASHLEY, K., HOWE, A.M.*, DEMAGE, M., NYGREN, O.
(2003) Sampling and analysis considerations for the determination
of hexavalent chromium in workplace air. Journal of
Environmental Monitoring , 5, 707-716.
BROWN, R.H.* (2003) The role of CEN
standardisation in the development of validation protocols and air
quality measurement methods involving diffusive sampling - Part 1:
Workplace Air. Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft 2003, 63
(4), 153-156.
KENNY, L.* (2003) Commentary: Scientific
Principles and Pragmatic Solutions for the Measurement of Exposure
to Inhalable Dust. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 47,
437-440.
BUTLER, O.T.,* HOWE, A.M.* (1999) Development
of an international standard for the determination of metals and
metalloids in workplace air using ICP-AES: evaluation of sample
dissolution procedures through an interlaboratory
trial. J. Environ. Monit., 1 (1)
23-32.
*denotes HSE Testing and monitoring author(s)
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