LGC AXIO Proficiency Testing | Water, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Highlights

Many modern activities create air pollutants with known, or suspected, harmful effects on human health and the environment. We developed the LGC AXIO Air and Stack Emissions Scheme (AIR) in partnership with HSE, combining our scientific and production expertise in air monitoring.

Participating in AIR supports your laboratory’s quality system by providing external and independent assessment of your performance in conducting specific tests or measurements.

Land contamination – from sources including industrial waste, oil and fuel dumping, domestic pollution, pesticides, landfills, and leaking storage tanks – poses serious environmental and human health risks. 

By joining our CONTEST Proficiency Testing Scheme, we can help support your laboratory’s performance in testing for a wide range of metallic, organic, and inorganic analytes in real-world soil and leachate samples.

Each water source requires regular analysis to determine its safety and suitability for use. LGC AXIO’s Water Chemistry Scheme (AQUACHECK) is one of the longest running Proficiency Testing schemes in the industry. 

Whether you’re looking for analytes in potable, ground, waste or marine water, our schemes have you covered, assuring quality in all your testing results.

The Water Microbiology Scheme (QWAS) from LGC AXIO Proficiency Testing is the world’s largest water microbiology programme, trusted by more than 1,000 participating laboratories globally.

Established in 2002, it offers a comprehensive choice of samples – aimed at potable, process, mineral, effluent sludge, industrial, surface, recreational, sea, dialysis and waste waters, with testing for E. coli, Legionella, Streptococcus and more.

The AXIO PHARMASSURE scheme is designed to ensure that pharmaceutical testing laboratories are producing analytical data which is fully compliant with wide-ranging global requirements for pharmaceutical preparations, dietary supplements, multivitamins, E-liquids and medicinal herbs. 

Our samples cover a wide variety of analytical techniques and provide a comprehensive selection of chemical and microbiological analytes, from arsenic and residual solvents to S. aureus, endotoxins and E. coli.