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Major Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Services Provided by EPH

1. Environmental Monitoring of Dust, Metal Fume, Organic Solvent.
- Spot sampling using pump, charcoal. silica tubes, filter membranes etc.
- Personal sampling using pump, charcoal. silica tubes, 3M organic vapor monitor

2. Environmental Monitoring of Noise

3. Analysis of Heavy Metals & Trace Elements: Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu, Al, Hg & Se etc., using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.

4. Analysis of Volatile Organic Vapors, Hydrocarbons / halogenated hydrocarbons Solvents using Gas Chromatograph with FID/ECD/MS Detection.

5. Analysis of Urinary Mandelic Acid, t,t-Muconic Acid, Hippuric Acid and Methyl-Hippuric Acid etc., using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

6. Analysis of Serum/Plasma including Vitamin A, E & C, Bile Acid, Homocysteine, UBQ 10, VMA/HVA etc., using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

7. All the above laboratory services are supported with Quality Control/Proficiency Test Programmes. We also follow closely the standard of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).

- Canada Inter-laboratory Comparison Program (ICP) for Heavy Metals - Blood &Plasma
- German External Quality Assessment Scheme (G-EQUAS) for Metals and Organic Solvents Metabolites - Urine

 
 
HPLC analysis of urinary trans, trans-muconic acid ( or HPLC analysis of urinary ttmA )   Organic Solvents Monitoring at Petrol Kiosk
 
For more details, Please Contact
 
Mr Ong Her Yam, Laboratory Technologist
Tel: 65-6516-4989 / 65-6516-4999 (DID)
Fax: 65-6779-1489
e-mail:
  Mr Khoo Ngee Yau, Laboratory Technologist
Tel: 65-6516-4989 / 65-6516-4995 (DID)
Fax: 65-6779-1489
e-mail:
 

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National University of Singapore
Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine,
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Singapore 117597

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