Turn Around Time:   Same day, 24-hour, 48-hour, 72-hour and 5-day turn around times are available for most asbestos and lead paint analyses.  Standard turn around time on most industrial hygiene analyses is five business days with  priority and weekend analysis available upon advanced notification.  Priority 24-hour turnaround time ensures that results are transmitted via facsimile within one business day of sample receipt.  This service requires advance notification and incurs a 100% additional charge.  Priority 48-hour turnaround time ensures that results are transmitted via facsimile within two business days of sample receipt and incurs a 75% additional charge.  Priority 72-hour turnaround time ensures that results are transmitted via facsimile within three business days and incurs a 50% additional charge.  Turn around time on  referred tests is seven to ten business days.

Air Express:   Next day delivery is available at no additional charge when submitting ten or more industrial hygiene samples (within the U.S.A. only).  Please call the lab for pre- printed mailing address labels.

Chain of Custody:   Chain of custody forms are provided at no additional  charge.  Chain of custody forms should be legible and complete.  It is recommended that a separate form for each sample type (e.g. metals, organics,  dusts, asbestos) be used.  Include the following information when submitting  samples to the laboratory:

1.         Client name, address (if not using pre-printed form)

2.         Telephone number, fax number

3.         Project name/number

4.         Date and time of sample collection

5.         Number and types of samples

6.         Type of analysis requested on each sample

7.         Sample identification, including time and air volumes

8.         Purchase order information

9.         Signature of person submitting samples

10.        Sample identification numbers clearly marked on each sample submitted are necessary for cross-referencing and sample tracking throughout the laboratory.  The number chosen to identify your samples should also be written on the chain of custody form submitted with the samples.

11.     Indicate any special instructions

Providing this information will help eliminate delays.  Please submit the top two copies of the chain of custody form with your samples and retain the bottom copy for your records.

Blanks:    A minimum of one blank should be submitted for each type of industrial hygiene analysis requested in a given batch of samples.  Generally, industrial hygiene methods recommend field blanks to be collected at a rate of 10% for inorganic analytes and at a rate of 2 to 10 field blanks per set for organic analytes.  Specific methods may require alternate blank sampling schedules, and should be consulted for detailed information.  Blanks act as a control for analysis by accounting for contamination that can occur during handling, storage, or shipment of samples.  A field blank is opened and handled in the same manner as a sample, except no air should be drawn.  Since blanks are analyzed as any other sample in the laboratory, they are priced the same as the analysis requested.

Sample Collection Media:    A nominal fee will be charged for pre-weighed cassettes, passive monitors and all other collection media.  Sampling media are routinely shipped by ground delivery United Parcel Service (UPS).  If air express shipping is requested, the client will be billed for this service.

Billing:    Invoicing is by sample group and payment is net 30 days.

Credit Cards:    For your convenience, VISA, MasterCard and American Express are accepted.

Pricing:    Prices listed are for the first analyte.  Additional analytes on the same sample media will be discounted as follows:

Metals (AA, ICP)     $10.00

Metals (GF)            $20.00

Gas Chromatography (FID)      $20.00

Ion Chromatography (IC)          $20.00       

Liquid Chromatography            $30.00

Warranty:  All sample results are strictly confidential and will not be released to anyone other than the sample submitter without the permission of the client.  Schneider Laboratories cannot be responsible for loss of samples, and reserves the right to refuse samples that are not collected on the appropriate sampling medium.  Schneider Laboratories will employ qualified personnel to analyze samples and, where possible, will use established and recognized analytical testing procedures.  Schneider Laboratories makes no other warranties expressed or implied.

Weekends:  Schneider Laboratories offers same day turn-around on Saturday testing (except TEMS and send-out/referral tests). Advance notice of sample arrival and pre-approval are required by Friday at 3 PM ET in order to receive Saturday results. A waybill number must be forwarded to your Project Manager so the Saturday staff may be able to track your package. Rush turn-around-time requests remain the same for weekends and weekdays.