Ready for every ELAP assessment — California’s environmental labs, audit-ready every day
Documents, training, PTs, equipment, and corrective actions in one system — so your California ELAP accreditation holds, and a SWRCB assessment is a walkthrough, not a scramble.
What does a California ELAP lab need to stay accredited?
ELAP — California’s Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, run by the State Water Resources Control Board — accredits environmental labs against the TNI standard, which is built on ISO/IEC 17025 plus environmental-specific requirements. Staying accredited means controlled documents, demonstrated competency, passed proficiency tests, calibrated equipment, and closed corrective actions, provable on demand. LabMODO holds all of it in one place, so your next ELAP assessment is something you’re ready for every day.
ELAP runs on the TNI standard now — and it asks for more than a binder can hold
California adopted the TNI standard for ELAP, so accreditation means ISO 17025 plus TNI’s added environmental requirements — and most labs carry all of it the hard way.
- The assessment cycle doesn’t stop. SWRCB ELAP assessments, plus the drinking-water and wastewater program audits your California lab already faces — the next one is always on the calendar.
- TNI asks for more than 17025. Data integrity, QC, method-specific requirements, and proficiency-testing participation sit on top of the base standard — more to track, still on spreadsheets. “We opened four spreadsheets.”
- One lapse can hold up your scope. A missed PT, an open corrective action, or a lapsed DOC window is exactly what an ELAP assessor writes up — and what your accreditation depends on being able to produce.
How LabMODO keeps a California ELAP lab ready
The TNI standard is built on ISO 17025, so almost everything an ELAP assessor checks has one home in LabMODO:
01
Controlled documents.
Every SOP and method approved before it’s live, current at the bench, revision history intact. → SOP & document management
02
Competent, authorized people.
Training, competency, and DOC windows tracked — nobody running a method they’re not current on. → Competency tracking
03
Proficiency testing.
Every required PT round scheduled per method, results recorded, a failure driven to closure — the requirement environmental labs get cited on most. → Proficiency testing
04
Calibrated equipment.
Calibration, maintenance, and verification current, each tied to its instrument. → Calibration & equipment
05
Findings and scope.
Nonconformities and corrective actions closed and provable, with your ELAP scope and audit calendar in one register. → CAPA & nonconformance · Standards & accreditations
Keep your lab ISO 17025- and TNI-ready, and you keep it ELAP-ready — the same evidence, held live instead of assembled under pressure.
One system, watched from above
LabMODO runs the quality side of your lab as one loop — rules → able people → daily work → checked against your standards — with Mission Control as the lid: lab status Green/Yellow/Red, method coverage, and everything past due or upcoming. When an assessment or a failed PT finds something, the finding updates the rules and the loop closes — so your California lab goes into each ELAP assessment stronger than the last.
What a California ELAP lab gets out of it
Ready for every assessment in the cycle.
SWRCB ELAP visit or program audit, the evidence is already current — each one a walkthrough, not a fire drill.
Any record in under a minute.
The assessor asks; you click. Document, DOC record, PT result, calibration cert, CAPA trail — on screen while they finish the question.
PTs never missed.
The requirement most likely to cost your scope is the one LabMODO won’t let slip.
Scope that keeps up with California.
Adding methods and expanding your ELAP scope is one more method in the same system, not another spreadsheet.
What the assessor saw at one of our customers
Twenty minutes about your lab — and what to fix first
Bring your ELAP scope and how you track evidence today. We’ll look at where an ELAP assessor would find gaps and what it takes to close them for good. You get a plan either way.
Common questions
FAQ
If yours isn’t here, ask it on the demo.
Does LabMODO grant ELAP accreditation?
Does LabMODO grant ELAP accreditation?
No — ELAP accreditation is granted by California’s State Water Resources Control Board, which assesses labs against the TNI standard. LabMODO is the software that keeps you ready for that assessment. No software is “ELAP accredited” — labs are. What LabMODO does is hold your scope, evidence, and schedule so your next ELAP assessment is one you’re always ready for.
What’s the relationship between ELAP, TNI, and ISO 17025?
What’s the relationship between ELAP, TNI, and ISO 17025?
ISO/IEC 17025 is the base international standard; the TNI standard builds on it with environmental-specific requirements; ELAP is California’s program that accredits environmental labs to the TNI standard. So an ELAP lab meets ISO 17025 plus TNI — and LabMODO is built to hold both.
Which parts of an ELAP assessment does LabMODO cover?
Which parts of an ELAP assessment does LabMODO cover?
The whole spine: document and records control, personnel competency, equipment, proficiency testing, nonconforming work and corrective action, and internal audit — plus your scope and audit calendar. Proficiency testing gets particular attention, because it’s where environmental labs are cited most.
We’re pursuing ELAP for the first time — can LabMODO help?
We’re pursuing ELAP for the first time — can LabMODO help?
Yes. LabMODO moves your quality system into one place and your team learns it in four one-hour calls, run by a certified ISO auditor. The accreditation itself is the state’s to grant; we make sure you’re ready to earn it.
Does it work with our LIMS?
Does it work with our LIMS?
Yes — LabMODO works with or without your LIMS. Your LIMS runs samples and results; LabMODO runs the quality evidence an ELAP assessor audits. Where the LIMS stops, LabMODO starts.