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  <title>WEF Discussion Forums : Laboratory Management and Technical Issues : Generic Control Limits for RPD and Standards</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[<p>Are there any EPA guidelines for generic control limits for RPD and control standards?  If yes, could you please provide the site?</p>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:36:09 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[<root><p>Generic control limits are pretty much a thing of the past.  It used to be, a rule of thumb for inorganics/conventionals was <u>+</u> 20% RPD for precision and 75-125% recovery on spikes.</p>
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<p>Now, it's best to get control limits from the individual methods.  Compilations exist, but are defined for use in specific context, such as the contract laboratory program.</p>
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<p>That being said, there's a nice table called "10.0 Apendix E - Quality Control-Acceptance Criteria" for methods in 40 CFR 136, Table 1.  It's in a document titled "Protocol For EPA Approval of Alternate Test Procedures for Organic and Inorganic Analytes in Wastewater and Drinking Water, March 1999, EPA 821-B-98-002."</p>
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<p>There may be other compilations, but I couldn't find them quickly in our library.  Hope this helps.</p>
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<p>Chuck Lytle</p></root>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:19:14 GMT</pubDate>
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