Ben Place, a Research Chemist within the Organic Chemical Metrology Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will be giving a talk on “The NIST Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Interlaboratory Study – Exercise 1”. In addition to his work at NIST, Ben is one of the founding chairs of BP4NTA and the current leader of the BP4NTA Study Planning Tool working group.
This meeting will occur on Tuesday, February 18th, from 12 pm – 1 pm EST.
Abstract: As HRMS-based non-targeted analysis (NTA) techniques advance and become more routine, there is a significant need by the research community to understand the interlaboratory comparability of NTA methods and results. As part of a US Department of Defense-funded effort, researchers at NIST designed an interlaboratory study focused on the identification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in three prepared extract samples. Thirty-four laboratories with experience performing NTA were shipped the samples with a standard reporting form; 27 of the participating laboratories submitted data by the deadline. The initial interpretation of the results show that laboratories reported a wide range of PFAS identities across all three samples and a range of identification confidence (using the Charbonnet et al. PFAS confidence of identification scale). The presentation will cover the design of the study goals and samples, the administration and process of the interlaboratory study, and the results of the study, along with some lessons learned and potential future studies.
The topics/speakers of the next three meetings will be:
March 18: BP4NTA working group updates
April 15: Jaanus Liigand, Quantem Analytics
May 20: Carsten Baessmann, Bruker Mass Spectrometry