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QUALITY ASSURANCE GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS RESEARCH
Citation:
Cunningham, P., K. Gold, L. Myers, AND N. Sexton. QUALITY ASSURANCE GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS RESEARCH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-83/036.
Description:
This document is a statement of the quality assurance (QA) policy of the Health Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (HERL-RTP). It describes the HERL-RTP QA organization and the QA responsibilities of both management and technical research personnel in relation to the mandatory Agency QA policy and project data quality requirements. It provides guidelines for managers in the implementation of Agency QA policy and evaluation of research documentation, and presents guidelines for project officers for (1) development of QA Project Plans and research porotcols for intramural research and support tasks, (2) preparation of requests for proposals, (3) preaward an evaluation of extramural proposals, (4) review and evaluation of QA Program of Project Plans for extramural projects, and (5) review and evaluation of data quality officers in the development or review of QA plans are treated in detail. These guidelines are reviewed and revised annually by the HERL-RTP QA officer, the QA Committee, and HERL-RTP division directors.