Rapid Validation
Rapid Comprehensive Data Validation
for Environmental
Compliance
Rapid Comprehensive Data Validation
In the world of environmental management, the accuracy and defensibility of your data are paramount. With TerraBase Inc., you’re not just handling data, you’re ensuring it meets the highest standards of validation, crucial for compliance and legal defensibility.
The TerraBase Data Validation Reports offer the most thorough report in the industry, based on an extensive database of Analytical Defect Codes. Every data package undergoes meticulous review and coding by our experienced validators. TerraBase interprets these codes, generating a comprehensive data validation report. For a clear understanding of our reporting quality, a sample report is available upon request.
TerraBase is unique in that it can store up to 4 levels of data quality for any parameter stored in the database.
These four levels of data quality can all be related to various forms of data validation.
1. Lab Data: Laboratory data
These data are submitted directly from the laboratory in both electronic, and hard copy format. Verification of EDD (electronic data deliverable) to hard copy is made to ensure that all data is consistent.
2. Level III Validated Data:QC reviewed data
These data are reviewed according to TerraBase Inc.’s own documented PDQ procedures that incorporate DQO/QAPP specific criteria with National Functional Guidelines. This level of validation requires a CLP or CLP-like summary laboratory report, and includes all evaluations that are not derived exclusively from raw instrument data.
3. Level IV Validated Data: Validated data as per USEPA Guidelines
These data undergo full review and evaluation of a complete validatable package (CLP or CLP-like) according to DQO/QAPP (quality assurance project plan) specific criteria, and National Functional Guidelines. This level of review includes all summaries, and raw data associated with the data package, and ensures the highest level of defensibility.
4. Data Usability: Data requiring a laboratory audit
These data have been subjected to a Level IV validation, and are further reviewed across an entire project or sampling event. Analytical data are identified which are truly site-related for a sampling project. Many false positives on a project level can be eliminated due to rinsate and field blank contamination, and common laboratory contaminants.
Furthermore, reported results can be compared to concentrations of concern defined in the (QAPP) to determine the significance of these results. The information presented in TerraBase Inc.’s Data Usability Report provides the most accurate picture of analytes present at a site from which risk assessment decisions can be made.
Why TerraBase’s Data Validation Matters:
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Multi-Level Validation: We integrate multiple levels of data validation directly into the TerraBase database. This approach transforms “raw” lab data into “validated” data, a critical factor in achieving compliance and courtroom credibility.
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Expertise in Analytical Chemistry: Our deep understanding of analytical chemistry, coupled with its practical application in environmental data, sets us apart. We offer unparalleled data qualification and validation services, exceeding regulatory requirements and meeting stringent defensibility needs.
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Commitment to Standardization: Recognizing the industry’s need for standardization, we have dedicated years to developing, automating, and refining our validation processes, offering you a service that’s both sophisticated and standardized.
Your Data, Enhanced and Accessible:
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Spatial Data Visualization: Not only do we validate your data, but we also present it in a TerraBase format. This enables spatial viewing and the integration of user-defined queries, enhancing the usability and interpretability of your data.
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Efficient and Consistent Processes: Our standard operating procedures (SOPs) for data validation, used in tandem with an extensive library of analytical defect codes, ensure your validation reports are clear, consistent, and reliable. Where others might take weeks, TerraBase delivers instant data validation, empowering you to make faster, more informed decisions.
