Proficiency Programs

Our Proficiency Programs

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

• Drug Monitoring for Pain Management (DMPM)
•     Frequency: 2 times a year.  Participant since 2012.



• Urine Drug Adulterant/Integrity Testing (DAI)
•     Frequency: 2 times a year.  Participant since 2012.



• Blood Lead
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• Chemistry, Endocrinology, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, ABO Type & Rh
•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 1989.



• Urine Toxicology
•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 2003.



• Urine Drug Confirmation
•     Frequency: 4 times a year.  Participant since 2003.



• Forensic Blood Toxicology
•     Frequency: 2 times a year.  Participant since 2009.



• Whole Blood & Serum Alcohol and Volatiles
•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 2003.



• Trace Metals Urine (TMU)
•     Frequency: 2 times a year.  Participant since 2012.



• Cadmium Exposure
  (CD Blood, CD Urine, Beta 2 Microglobulin, Creatinine Correction)
•     Frequency: 6 times a year.  Participant since 1996.

International Proficiency Programs

Quebec Interlaboratory Comparison Program (PCI)

• Total Arsenic and Speciated Arsenic in urine
• Chromium in urine
• Mercury in urine



•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 1991.

Quebec ICP-MS Program

• In urine: Ag, As, Ba, Be, Bi, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Tl, Zn.
• In blood: As, Ag, Cd, Co, Hg, Ni, Tl.
• In serum: Cd, Pb, Ni.



•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 1996.

Germany – German Society for Occupational Medicine and Environmental Medicine

• Chromium Blood
• Hippuric Acid
• Mandelic Acid
• Methylhippuric Acid
• Phenol & O-cresol
• Methylenedianiline (MDA)
• Aromatic solvents in blood – Benzene, Toluene, Xylenes, Ethylbenzene.
• Chlorinated solvents in blood – Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene.
• Solvent metabolites in urine – Hippuric Acid, Methylhippuric Acid, Mandelic Acid,
  Phenol, O-cresol, Methylenedianiline, t,t-muconic acid
• OPMETS (organic pestidcide metabolites – DMP, DMTP, DMDTP, DEP, DETP, DEDTP.
• Ketones (Methylethylketone) in urine
• Chlorinated hydrocarbons in serum – DDT, DDE, Hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorocyclohexane



•     Frequency: 2 times a year.  Participant since 1995.

State Proficiency Testing Programs

Pennsylvania Department of Health

• Blood Lead
• Zinc Protoporphyrins



•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 1995.

New York State Proficiency

• Blood Lead
• Zinc Protoporphyrins
• Trace Elements (Blood and Urine)
• Therapeutic Substance Monitoring
• Chemistry, Hematology, Tumor Marker, Urinalysis



•     Frequency: 3 times a year.  Participant since 1990.