Purpose for Travel

The purpose of this training relates specifically to the completion of objective 3: acceptable completion of laboratory blind and split sample analyses with OSU lab (meets DQOs).

Up to this point, CERES/Locustox has received training on:
1) Required quality assurance documentation and instruction on how to complete these documents;
2) Passive sampling device preparation, deployment, retrieval, extraction, and storage;
3) Sample analysis;
4) Data management/reporting;
5) Requirements for sample Quality Assurance

The objective of this training session is for OSU personnel to assist CERES/Locustox staff in becoming proficient at sample analysis and chromatographic interpretation.

The following have been selected as targets for Norman Forsberg's training session in Dakar, Senegal:

1) Extract the most recent set of UN samples which were deployed in Senegal, Benin, Mali, Niger and Guinee;
2) Generate quality control samples to evaluate sample preparation performance;
3) Demonstrate that the CERES/Locustox GC-ECD analytical platform calibrates to the study's data quality objectives;
4) Anlyze samples and provide guidance on how to perform real-time QC;
4a) Provide CERES/Locustox personnel guidance for effectively working with the GC-ECD Chemstation software;
5) Prepare batch QC reports;
6) Upload QC approved data for transport back to OSU.