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4th Mission Report _KE3_Jan –Feb 2013Inga BadasyanThe staff had previously been trained by other projects on the sampling procedures of Benthic Macroinvertebrates(BMI). They had previously taken hydrobiological samples and analysed the BMIs. They stillrequire more training on the identification of the species, the calculation of biotic indices and EQRs.Quality ControlThe Laboratory participates in a number of external quality control schemes e.g. National ReferenceLaboratory of Slovakia scheme and had been ranked highly in them, which is a good quality controlindicator.However, the number of parameters were limited and no internal analytical quality controls wereundertaken. Therefore following the training workshop, it was recommended that the Departmentcommits to establishing internal AQCs for at least for the main nutrient parameters. The KE3 couldprovide distance training and support prior to his next visit.Training WorkshopA customized special local training workshop was held on 14th February, which included the followingtopics:i. Production of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);ii. Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS);iii. Introduction to Analytical Quality Control, Precision and Accuracy;iv. Introduction to GLC for the analysis of OCPs;v. Presentation of main challenges of the Chromatography Department.The full agenda is shown in Appendix 4. There were 22 participants, which are listed in Appendix 7. Theworkshop was very interactive and Seyran Minasyan, expressed his thanks for such a useful and intenseworkshop. He expected that the KE3 would provide further such important assistance many more timesduring the project.Recommendations1) For the organic micro-pollutant analysis there were a number of issues that need to be resolvedincluding:i.) Sampling bottlesii.) Extraction Proceduresiii.) Calibration Standardsiv.) GLC Softwarev.) GLC Carry Over - Ghost Peaksvi.) Laboratory EnvironmentThese issues were discussed in detail in the local Training Workshop on 14th February withrecommendations for further work the Laboratory needs to undertake to improve the OCP, VOC andPetroleum Aromatic Analysis. The details of these are outlined in Appendix 8.2) It was also recommended that the Project obtains the OCP standards so that the training for thisanalysis can be completed.Page 6 of 36