A method of assuring the collection of reliable and quality fluid sample
includes the steps of acquiring a fluid sample at a point of acquisition,
analyzing physical and chemical properties of the fluid sample at the
point of acquisition; recording the point of acquisition sample
properties in an electronic database archive, analyzing physical and
chemical properties of the fluid sample at a location remote from the
point of acquisition, recording the remote location sample properties in
the archive, validating the fluid sample through comparison of the point
of acquisition sample properties and the remote location sample
properties and recording the validated sample properties in the archive.