Common use of Laboratory Requirements and Practices Clause in Contracts

Laboratory Requirements and Practices. Contractor will permit periodic, unannounced visits to Contractor's Laboratory Service Provider by County personnel for purposes of inspecting laboratory conditions, sample preparation/analysis, sample storage, and record keeping practices related to urinalysis testing services provided by Contractor’s Laboratory Service Provider. Specifically, quality control standards include the following requirements: 3.12.1 Laboratory conditions will be maintained in such a manner that the identification and integrity of each sample submitted will be preserved. 3.12.2 There will be maintained in a secure location in the laboratory, a written record for each sample submitted including date received, sample identification numbers, and listing of any Contractor’s Laboratory Service Provider employees involved in the handling, sample preparation or sample analysis of each specimen, including the results of the screen-tests and confirming test (in cases of positively screened samples). These records, in total, will be kept separate from other records maintained by Contractor’s Laboratory Service Provider for clients other than Probation.