Operations and Procedures:
Sample Analysis
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### Basic Field/Safety Screening

Before a laboratory can receive samples for analysis, it will likely be necessary to perform Basic Field and Safety Screening to determine whether samples pose a hazard to laboratory staff and whether the laboratory has the capability to analyze the samples.

The purpose of field/safety screening is to: Provide additional credible information for sample threat assessment Screen for agents that may pose a high acute exposure health risk (e.g., radioactive and chemical warfare agents) to protect laboratory personnel and facilities Tentatively identify potential contaminants |

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