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TQAP for Verification of Qualitative Lead Test Kits
Citation:
ENRIQUEZ, J., E. HARTZELL, AND S. S. Buehler. TQAP for Verification of Qualitative Lead Test Kits. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-10/052, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
The objective of this verification test is to evaluate the performance of test kits for the detection of lead in paint.
Description:
There are lead-based paint test kits available to help home owners and contractors identify lead-based paint hazards before any Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) activities take place so that proper health and safety meaures can be enacted. However, many of these test kits have been found to have high rates of false positives. The RRP rule calls for an EPA evaluation and recognition program for test kits that are candidates to meet the goal of a 5% false negative rate and 10% false positive rate. As stated in the Preamble to the rule, the test kit performance must be validated by a laboratory independent of the kit manufacturer, using ASTM International's E1828, Standard Practice for Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of Qualitative Chemical Spot Test Kits for Lead in Paint or an equivalent validation method. EPA will then only recognize those kits that have been verified through this process. ETV will coordinate the testing and supply the data that will be used in the recognition process.
URLs/Downloads:
TQAP for Verification of Qualitative Lead Test Kits600ETV10019.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 2423 KB, about PDF)