Updated: Jun-23-2020

General Information

Type of service provider
Testing laboratory
Physical postal address

3, Wilmot Point Road, Bar Beach Bus Stop, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria

Phone number
+234-8161231420, +234-8035702227
E-mail
Niomrcentrallab [at] gmail.com
sherabol [at] yahoo.co.uk
Has the laboratory been accredited in any scopes?
Yes
Scopes of Accreditation
1) Heavy and Trace Metals (Pb, Fe, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Ni, Co, Mg
and Mn).
2) Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
3) OrganoChlorine Pesticides (OCPs)
4) Poly Brominated Di-phenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
5) Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
6) N- Alkanes
Accreditation body
Nigerian National Accreditation Service (NiNAS)
( ISO/IEC 17025:2005 )
T0010
Does the laboratory have other sites?
No

Personnel

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Head of Organization

CEO Name
DR. PATRICIA ERIG ANYANWU (Ag. ED/CEO)
CEO Phone
CEO E-mail
akuchinyere [at] yahoo.com

Total laboratory personnel

Total laboratory personnel
10
Male laboratory personnel
4
Female laboratory personnel
6

Technical personnel

Technical personnel total
6
Male technical personnel
4
Female technical personnel
2

Technical Information

Testing

Laboratory services offered
Biological
Medical
Chemical
Water / food
Environmental
Scope of services offered
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish, Water and Sediments.
Test parameter/ properties measured
Heavy and Trace Metals (Pb, Fe, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Ni, Co, Mg and Mn)
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
(AAS)
Methods
EPA 7000 A & B
Accreditation status
Yes
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food, Water and Sediments
Test parameter/ properties measured
PCBs
OCPs
PBDEs
PAHs
n-Alkanes

Type of test/ instrumentation used
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A and 7820A
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A and 7820A
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A and 7820A
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A
Methods
EPA 8082A
EPA 8081B
EPA 1614
EPA 8100
EPA 8015
Accreditation status
Yes
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food, Water and Sediments
Test parameter/ properties measured
B-TEX
Type of test/ instrumentation used
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7890A
Methods
EPA 8015C
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Food
Test parameter/ properties measured
Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs)
Type of test/ instrumentation used
AGILENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
(GC) 7820A
Methods
EN 14103
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Water
Test parameter/ properties measured
Physico-chemical parameters such as pH, Salinity, Conductivity, TDS, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature and Orp.
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Horuba-U52
Methods
Horuba-U52 method
Accreditation status
No
Does the laboratory conduct sampling, upon request of the client, of products to be tested?
No

Proficiency Testing

Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for accredited scopes
No
Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for non-accredited scopes
No
Inter-laboratory comparison
Yes
Interlaboratory comparison scheme
We participate in ILC organized by the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN) for at least once in a year as scheduled in our Technical Procedure.
Does the laboratory sub-contract testing work to other laboratories?
No

Quality Control / Quality Management

Does the lab operate an internal quality control (QC) system to ensure quality of test results?
Yes
Does the lab operate a management system (or Quality Management System) for assuring the quality of results?
Yes
Is the system documented in a Quality Manual?
Yes