First lab managers’ meeting of the South-East Asia Laboratory NETwork (SEALNET 2.0) - Quality improvement in Asian soil laboratories: towards standardization and harmonization of soil analyses and their interpretation, Bogor, Indonesia, 20 - 24 November 2017.

1. SOIL LABORATORY
ANALYSIS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

2. 1. Laboratory staff
Number of staff: 6 persons
(4 women, 2 men)
Experience in lab testing:
> 5 years
< 5 years
5 persons
1 persons
Experience in lab management:
> 5 years
< 5 years
5 persons
1 persons

3. 2. Group photo(s) of your staff

4. 3. Laboratories
How many different rooms? 9 rooms
How many m2
of laboratory space?
(approximately)
300 m2

5. 4. Photos of your laboratories

6. 5. Photos of your equipment
ICP-OES for Bases, Trace
Elements(Cu,Zn,Mn,B)
and Heavy metal
(As,Cd,Ni,Pb)
determinations.

7. 5. Photos of your equipment
Elemental Analyzer for
Total Carbon, Nitrogen
and Sulphur
determinations.

8. 5. Photos of your equipment
AAS for Fe and Bases
determinations.

9. 5. Photos of your equipment
UV-VIS for Al and
Available P
determinations.

10. 5. Photos of your equipment
pH and Conductivity
meters

11. 5. Photos of your equipment
Distillation Unit for
CEC analysis
Centrifuge for Fe
analysis

12. 5. Photos of your equipment
Balance Balance & Sieve
Shaker
Oven

13. 5. Photos of your equipment
Shaking Water Bath
for Al & Fe analysis
Orbital Shaker for pH
& Conductivity
analysis

14. 5. Photos of your equipment
Discrete Auto Analyzer- CEC, etc. analysis…plan to buy 2018

15. 6. Proficiency testing
PT provider
accredited under
ISO/IEC 17043:2010
(Recognized by
Department of
Standards Malaysia)

16. 6. Proficiency testing
Our laboratory code is 1 and z-scores is ≤ 3

17. 7. Accreditation
 Work in progress towards the achievement of
MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certify by Department
of Standards Malaysia (DSM)

18. 8. Data interpretation
Do you provide interpretation of soil results to your clients?
 No, it was done by our on-site Agronomist
also collaboration from other government
agency.
 New National project which is called Soil
Profiling implicate about 20,000 samples
to be analyze starting from 2017 till 2020.

19. 9. Interpretation report for your clients
Not Applicable

20. 10. Soil analysis in your country
How many routine laboratories exist in your
country?
Are they ‘mobile’ laboratories?
Are the soil test kits commonly used?
About 38 laboratories
Permanent Lab
Not so sure

21. 11. Strength/weakness
What do you think your lab is strong at?
What do you think that could be improved?
What do you wish to get improved after our meeting ?
In terms of competency and accuracy of soil analysis.
• The staff should develop their skills, knowledge
and experienced by appropriate training which
meet ISO/IEC 17025:2005 requirements.
• Obtain more faster soil analysis result.
In terms of competency, accuracy and method
development in soil analysis.

22. Thank you for your attention…