Services Requiring Independent Laboratory Analysis

EHS provides a wide range of industrial hygiene expertise, air monitoring, occupational, and environmental exposure assessment services to the UVA community, free of charge. Several portable, direct-reading instruments are maintained by EHS to quickly respond to the University’s air monitoring (e.g., volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide) and exposure assessment (e.g., noise) needs. However, many environmental sampling scenarios (e.g., formaldehyde, isoflurane, surface contaminants, etc.) require specialized media that must be commercially acquired and analyzed by an independent laboratory.

When purchase of commercial sampling media and/or independent analytical services are necessary to complete an environmental assessment, the requesting department is expected to plan to cover those costs prior to initiation of the project. EHS will provide specific material/service ordering information to be executed by the requesting department.