Each sample submitted to our laboratory is allocated a point value of either 1 or 2, dependant on sample substrate type as determined in the Analysts Guide. The Current point system allocates, for example, Textured Coating, Vinyl Floor Coverings and Hard-Set lagging two points, whilst all other substrates are classed as 1 point.
In the new updated guidance, all AND samples are to count as 2 points, therefore have been classed to take longer to analyse and placed in the category of more difficult sample types to analyse. Westland have evaluated the sample types that have been submitted to our laboratory over the past 12 months. The evaluation highlighted that an extra 9500 samples would have been allocated an extra point had we been operating under this guidance for the duration of this year. This would have had a significant impact on number of samples a laboratory analyst would be allowed to analyse daily.
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