Radiation & Radiochemistry Labs
Radiochemistry and radiation-safety labs juggle counting instruments, decay-corrected results, and certification audits on top of ordinary sample logistics. Aliquora keeps the chain of custody, the count data, and the review trail in one system — so the defensible number is the only number.
What Aliquora handles for Radiation Safety
- Sample login with matrix, geometry, and count-scheduling context
- Chain of custody from receipt through counting and disposal
- Result entry with units, uncertainty, and MDC/MDA alongside the value
- Two-step verification before anything reaches a report
- COAs and reports built from verified, review-locked results
How it works
A typical radiation safety workflow in Aliquora
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Log the sample with its counting context
Register each sample with matrix, collection date/time, and the analyses requested (gross alpha/beta, gamma spec, tritium, radon — your catalog, your methods). Collection time matters doubly here: it anchors both holding-time checks and decay correction downstream.
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Track custody through prep and counting
Custody transfers are recorded from receipt through prep, counting, and archive or disposal. When an assessor asks who had the sample between digestion and the detector, the answer is a record, not a recollection.
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Enter results the way radiochemistry reports them
A radiochemistry result is never just a number: activity, units, counting uncertainty, and detection limit travel together. Result fields and notes carry the full context, and out-of-tolerance values are flagged against the limits configured per test and program.
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Review and verify before release
Entered results sit unverified until a qualified reviewer signs off — the two-person rule certification programs expect. Verified results lock; any change afterward requires an audited amendment, not a silent edit.
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Report from the reviewed record
COAs and client reports are generated from verified results only, with the audit trail — who entered, who verified, what changed — available for every number on the page.
Radiochemistry labs answer to state certification programs and, for drinking-water compliance work, to EPA-approved lab certification requirements; many also operate under radioactive-materials licenses with their own record-keeping duties. Aliquora's contribution is the defensible data trail: custody, entry, review, and amendment history for every result, organized the way assessors ask for it.
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Frequently asked questions
- Can Aliquora store uncertainty and MDC/MDA with each result?
- Yes. Result entry carries the value plus configurable fields and notes, so activity, counting uncertainty, and detection limits are recorded together and appear together on reports.
- Does it handle our method list?
- The test catalog is yours: define gross alpha/beta, gamma spectroscopy, tritium, radium, uranium, or any analysis with its method reference, units, and limits, and assign them to samples like any other test.
- How does verification work?
- Results are entered, then verified by a second qualified person before they can be reported. Verified results are locked, and later amendments are audited — the record certification assessors expect to see.
- We keep raw counts in instrument software. What belongs in the LIMS?
- The LIMS is the system of record for the reported result and its review trail. Keep spectra and raw counts in your counting software; attach exports or reference them from the sample so the two records stay connected.
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