Laboratories’ rigorous environmental sample-analysis processes yield a legally defensible data package – the hard-copy report. The lab report’s companion document, the electronic data deliverable (EDD), is handed off from the lab to the customer’s or consultant’s email inbox. What happens to the contents of that carefully-formatted and reviewed file? Will the recipient treat it with as much care?
A finalized, fully qualified electronic version of the data package helps us to ensure our analytical results database can safely be used for regulatory reporting and to support project decisions.