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A '''batch''', as defined by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] via its [[Staged Electronic Data Deliverable|SEDD Specification]] Version 5.2, is "the primary mechanism for
associating [[quality control]] [[Sample (material)|sample]]s with regular ones." The EPA notes that "analytical data review requires this association to assess the impact of quality control sample performance to the quality of the regular sample results."<ref name="SEDD5.2_19">{{cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/documents/sedd_spec_v5-2-march_2019_508.pdf |format=PDF |title=Appendix A. Data Element Dictionary (DED) |work=SEDD Specification Version 5.2 |author=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |date=March 2019 |accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref> In common [[laboratory]] practice, however, a batch may also simply be a grouping of two or more associated samples.<ref name="WDNRQuality08">{{cite web |url=https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/labcert/documents/guidance/092QC_SampSeq.pdf |format=PDF |title=Quality Control Sample Processing and Batches |publisher=Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |date=July 2008 |accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref>


1. A discrete amount of materials processed as a unit in a single reactor/vat.
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2. A group of [[sample]]s to be tested.
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Batching is the term used for when certain specimens, tests, or other units are grouped together for several reasons, one of which is so that the all of the parts of the batch can be either accepted of rejected all at once without getting separate approval per item.
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 22 September 2022

A batch, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency via its SEDD Specification Version 5.2, is "the primary mechanism for associating quality control samples with regular ones." The EPA notes that "analytical data review requires this association to assess the impact of quality control sample performance to the quality of the regular sample results."[1] In common laboratory practice, however, a batch may also simply be a grouping of two or more associated samples.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (March 2019). "Appendix A. Data Element Dictionary (DED)" (PDF). SEDD Specification Version 5.2. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/documents/sedd_spec_v5-2-march_2019_508.pdf. Retrieved 22 September 2022. 
  2. "Quality Control Sample Processing and Batches" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. July 2008. https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/labcert/documents/guidance/092QC_SampSeq.pdf. Retrieved 22 September 2022.