How Lab Design, Workflow Optimization can Impact Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements

Start-up cannabis testing laboratories projects require significant investment in time and financials. Getting the laboratory design that works for all the required testing is often overlooked and correcting later while in production is not always possible.  Discussion of workflows and required documentation to satisfy ISO 17025-2017 and examples of how regulatory requirements may be impacted will be presented as real working examples of what can go wrong and how to potentially prevent costly mistakes.

Presenter: Kate Evans, Ph.D. (CEO/Owner, Longboard Scientific Consulting Company)

Kate Evans, Ph.D. is the principal and owner of Longboard Scientific Consulting Corporation based out of Colorado Springs, CO. Current projects include helping third party laboratory startups - including assistance with licensing, regulatory compliance, laboratory design & workflow optimization. She also supports existing testing laboratories with sample preparation, methods development and validation, training of staff and ISO 17025 implementation, performing assessments for both ANAB and A2LA. In addition to being an active member of ASTM D37.03 Laboratory Subcommittee and AOAC CASP, she also participates in Colorado’s Pesticide Task Group and is on the editorial board of Cannabis Science and Technology.