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IHAL Services (Biology)

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Testing for Biology Samples

No	Parameter	Metabolite Tested (in urine)	Sampling Time	Price/sample (RM)
HEAVY METAL
1	Aluminum	Aluminum	End Shift	Please contact lab
2	Arsenic*	Arsenic	End Shift	80
3	Cadmium*	Cadmium	Not critical	80
4	Chromium*	Total Chromium	End Shift	80
5	Lead*	Lead	Not critical	80
6	Manganese*	Manganese	End Shift	80
7	Nickel*	Nickel	End Shift	80
8	Ferum	Ferum	End Shift	Please contact lab
9	Cobalt*	Cobalt	-	80
10	Copper*	Copper	-	80
11	Zinc*	Zinc	-	80
12	Mercurry	Mercurry	Preshift	80
ORGANIC SOLVENT
1	Benzene	Phenol	End Shift	90
1	Benzene	trans, trans-muconic acid	End Shift	90
2	Toluene	*hippuric acid	End Shift	90
3	Xylene	*Methyl Hippurid acid	End Shift	90
4	n-Hexane	2,5 Hexanedione	End Shift	100
No	Parameter	Metabolite Tested (in blood)	Sample Time	Price/ Sample (RM)
HEAVY METAL
1	Aluminum	Aluminum	Not critical	65
2	Arsenic	Arsenic	Not critical	65
3	Cadmium*	Cadmium	Not critical	65
4	Chromium*	Chromium	-	65
5	Lead*	Lead	Not critical	65
6	Manganese*	Manganese	-	65
7	Nickel	Nickel	-	65
8	Ferum	Ferum	-	65
9	Cobalt*	Cobalt	-	65
10	Copper	Copper	-	65
11	Nickel	Nickel	-	65
12	Mercury	Mercury	End of shift at end of workweek	65

* Accreditation with MS ISO/ IEC 17025
* Starting from MARCH 2024, all sample are subjected to 8% SST
* For special project with high volume, feel free to contact us for discussion.

IHAL Services (Other Services)

Posted in CHEMICAL HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH LABORATORY (CHL)

Testing for Other Services Samples

No	Item	Price/sample (RM)
1	Supplying of sampling media	(subject to type)
	PVC 37mm filter	13/filter
	MCE 37mm filter	13/filter
	MCE 37mm filter	5/plate
2	Research collaboration (discounted prices for research samples; sample >300)	To be discuss

* Accreditation with MS ISO/ IEC 17025
* Starting from MARCH 2024, all sample are subjected to 8% SST
* For special project with high volume, feel free to contact us for discussion.

IHAL Services (Microbiological)

Posted in CHEMICAL HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH LABORATORY (CHL)

Testing for Microbiological Samples

No	Parameter	Method	Price/sample (RM)
1	Legionella Pneumophila*	AS/NZS 3896:2008	180
2	Total bacteria (counting)*	NMAM 0800	40
2	Total fungi(counting)*	NMAM 0800	40

* Accreditation with MS ISO/ IEC 17025
* Starting from MARCH 2024, all sample are subjected to 8% SST
* For special project with high volume, feel free to contact us for discussion.

About CHL

Posted in CHEMICAL HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH LABORATORY (CHL)

Chemical Hazardous To Health Laboratory (CHL), NIOSH is certified to the requirement of the MS ISO/IEC 17025 by the Department of Standard Malaysia. The scopes of accreditation include the fields of chemical and microbiology testing.

IHAL is your source for high quality laboratory services in the areas of industrial hygiene and in accordance to the requirement under Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standard of Exposure to Chemical Hazardous to Health) Regulation 2000 or USECHH 2000, and Code of Practice of Indoor Air Quality, 2010.

OUR SCOPE

Workplace environmental sample – by Hygiene Technician (IHT1) as per required under Part VIII of USECHH 2000 (Monitoring of Exposure at the Place of Work).
Biochemical samples such as urine and blood- Occupational Health Doctor (OHD) as per requirements under part IX of USECHH 2000 (health Surveillance)
Microbiology sample – by indoor air quality assessor as complimentary to Code of Practice of Indoor Air Quality, 2010.

QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY CONTROL

Being an accredited laboratory with ISO/IEC 17205, CHL demonstrate technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of the laboratory quality management system. This management approach produces services in which total customer satisfaction is achieved.

Security of all samples is maintained from the time they are received at the laboratory until the certificate of analysis received by client. Documentation of analytical result and other laboratory service is kept as hard copy and database for future references. It will remain for three years and they are available for your reference on request. We also provide free advice services on the sampling and analysis as per legal requirements.

EQUIPMENT

IHAL possess the following variety of laboratory equipment to ensure that we can meet the needs of our industrial hygiene clients: