title: Operating environmental laboratories--an overview of analysis equipment procurement and management.
abstract: Management of equipment in an environmental laboratory requires planning involving assessment of the workload on a particular equipment, establishment of criteria and specification for the purchase of equipment, creation of infrastructure for installation and testing of the equipment, optimization of analysis conditions, development of preventive maintenance procedures and establishment of in-house repair facilities. The paper reports the results of such an analysis carried for operating environmental laboratories associated with R& D work, serving as an Govt. laboratory or attached to an Industry for analysing industrial emissions.
authors.affiliation: NEERI, Nagpur.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Pandya
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shinde
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kanade
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kondawar
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004463:Ecology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008283:Maintenance / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration