Our Services

WHO WE ARE..

our EMPOWERMENT INSTITUTE Has been established to complete our supply and service portfolio as training and consultancy provider striving to provide the finest quality of services to satisfy our customer requirements. We realize that competency is becominga key factor in today's life and that organizations have to demonstrate their competence to be able to compete.

Our competency is demonstrated by more than 100 trainers, auditors and assessors andtechnical experts who put your laboratory excellence in focus and provide tailor made services that transfer the know-how information tothelaboratory staff to achieve the test performance.

SCOPE

our scope has been widely expanded to include the provision of train- ing, laboratory development towards accredita- tion, laboratory auditing, providing proficiency testing schemes in different matrices, in addition to all types of technical support to laboratories and laboratory stakeholders.

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1. Training we offer a wide range oftraining coursesthat are highlyrequired by our laboratory customers in additiontotailor-made training coursesto matchthe special requirements of our customers

Quality Management System (QMS) introduction to laboratory accreditation Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Requirement of ISO 15189:2007 Internal auditor Statistics for analytical chemistry Validation of methods of analysis Estimation of measurement uncertainty quality control for analytical chemistry Technical Assessor Training Course Training of Trainers	Food Contaminants Analysis introduction to food contaminants analysis Analysis of pesticide residues Analysis of aflatoxins Analysis of dioxins and PCBs Analysis of trace elements
Microbiology Examination Good Laboratory Practices for microbiological examination laboratories QA/QC for preparation and perfor- mance of solid and liquid culture media (ISO 11133-1,2) Detection of listeria monocytogenes in food (ISO 11290-1) Detection of salmonella in food (ISO 6579) Examination of canned food spoilage Bio-safety in microbiological examination laboratories	Water Analysis Analysis of drinking water according to WHO regulations Analysis of pesticide residues in drinking water Analysis of trace elements in drinking water Analysis of trihalomethanes in drinking water
Chemical Analysis Instrumentation Gas Chromatography and its application Liquid Chromatography and its application GC/MS/MS and its application LC/MS/MS and its application Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) and its application Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) its application UV spectrometry and its application
2. Laboratory Development Towards Accreditation We provide all support to all kinds of laboratories in all the activities that are required for the laboratories to obtain, maintain and extend their accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO 15189. Our support can be in the following forms: A comprehensive project to qualify the laboratory towards accreditation. This includes training of the laboratory staff in all aspects required to establish, implement and maintain the management system. It also includes direct assistance and supervision on establishing and implementing the documentation and accumulating the records required for accrediting the laboratory activities. Coaching in one or more of the activities required for accreditation. Theese include, but are not limited to, the following: Coaching in Quality Documentation Development Application of Quality Control Measures Measurement Uncertainty Selection of appropriate PT scheme Organization of Inter-laboratory Comparison Internal Audits Technical support that is not limited to the following: Operation and troubleshooting of test equipment Validation and adaptation of the methods Estimation of uncertainties Interpretation and reporting of testing results
3. Laboratory Auditing Services To ensure the laboratories compliance with the accreditation standards as well as the regulatory standards, Target Laboratory systems offers its auditing services the following forms: *Gap analysis:* conducted to obtain a comprehensive idea about an existing situation and decide on future steps towards accreditation. *Internal audit:* conducted either by our representatives or by the laboratory staff under our representative assistance and supervision to provide on hands training. *Simulation of accreditation:* conducted by our representatives to simulate the assessments performed by the accreditation body. This gives the laboratory management the confidence in the laboratory status before having the official accreditation visit. It also helps the laboratory staff gets familiar with the activities conducted during the accreditation visit.