Ethanol Plant Laboratory
A Brief Overview
Ron Collins, Lead laboratory Trainer
Ronald E. “Ron” Collins
Sterling College, B.S., Chemistry
Wichita State University, M. S., Chemistry
Wesley Medical Center, Clinical Chemist,
Laboratory Manager
High Plains Ethanol, Laboratory Technician,
Laboratory Manager
ICM, Inc.
Lead Laboratory Trainer
Started up 48 laboratories, Supervised approximately 50 more
Clinical Chemistry Regulations
• Medicare, Medicaid, HCFA, AHA, JCAHO, etc
• Deemed Status to CAP
› Personnel Regulations
› Testing Regulations
› Inspections
› Proficiency Testing
CAP Checklist
Checklist Examples - 1
• CHM.25800
› Does the person in charge of technical operations in
chemistry have education and experience equivalent to
an MT(ASCP) and at least 4 years experience (one of
which must be in clinical chemistry) under a qualified
director?
• CHM.11300
› Does the laboratory have a system documenting that all
personnel are knowledgeable about the contents of
procedure manuals (including changes) relevant to the
scope of their testing activities
Checklist Examples - 2
• CHM.13000
› Are calibration procedures for each method adequate, and are the
calibration results documented?
• CHM.13500
› Is the method system recalibrated when calibration verification fails
to meet the established criteria of the laboratory?
• CHM.13800
› If the laboratory uses more than one instrument/method to test for
a given analyte, are the instruments/methods checked against each
other at least twice a year for correlation of results?
Checklist Examples - 3
• CHM.13900
› Are controls run daily for quantitative and
qualitative tests?
• CHM.14000
› For quantitative tests, has a valid acceptable
range been established or verified for each lot of
control material?
Ethanol Industry Regulations
• ASTM: re D-4806, etc
• CARB, also adopted by several states
• RFA
• AOAC
• Code of Federal Regulations – Good Laboratory
Practices
• Ultimate Consumers – Refiners and Blenders
• Ethanol Marketers
• Large, Multi-plant groups
Ethanol Proficiency Testing
• ASTM Check Sample Program
• Several Collaborative Studies
• Bacterial Identification
› NABC – Mash Bacterial Analysis
› FermSolutions – Bacteria Isolate Program
› Phibro Ethanol Performance Group – Forensic
Microbiological Audit
Contact Us
Contact:
Customer Service
24-Hour, toll free Number
877.456.8588
E-mail: info@icminc.com
Ron Collins
316.977.6235
316.253.7840
E-mail: ronc@icminc.com
310 North First Street
P.O. Box 397
Colwich, KS 67030