The Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Accreditation Program is designed specifically for laboratories involved in analyzing samples to evaluate workplace exposure.
Participation assists the laboratory in maintaining high quality standards.
When a laboratory is accredited by AIHA, the laboratory and its clients have the assurance that the laboratory has met defined standards for performance based on examination of a variety of criteria. When an IH laboratory is accredited by AIHA, it becomes part of an elite group of laboratories achieving and maintaining a high level of professional performance. An industrial hygiene laboratory is a laboratory that analyzes samples taken in the workplace environment. Since results of these analyses are used to determine the magnitude or presence of a problem in the workplace environment, it is vital that the laboratory analyzing the samples be proficient in producing high quality data on which important health decisions will be based. Accreditation from AIHA is a mark of that capability.