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Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Subject Areas: Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals
ISSN: 0949-1775
SJR: 40

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(K)ILO project: proficiency tests for students

van Putten, Kees; Peters-Grutters, Esther; Heuven, Martijn

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01581-2

The (K)ILO school project (Quality in Laboratory Education) is a yearly collection of proficiency tests (PT). Students in the (K)ILO project are required to devise their own measurement plan, covering all aspects of sample preparation and analysis and to report and defend their results before an...
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Comparison of continuous flow analysis and ion chromatography for determinations of nitrate, nitrite and phosphate ions in seawater and development of related seawater certified reference materials

Cheong, Chikako; Suzuki, Toshihiro; Miura, Tsutomu; Hioki, Akiharu

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01586-x

Determinations of three nutrients (nitrate, nitrite and phosphate ions) in seawater were investigated by continuous flow analysis (CFA) based on colorimetry and ion chromatography (IC). The accuracies of those methods were examined by discussing their uncertainties. Although some of the nitrite...
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A comparison of proficiency testing evaluation criteria approaches for fitness-for-purpose

Black, Kelly; Carson, Polona; Jenkins, Emmie

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01590-1

Proficiency testing (PT) plays a crucial role in assessing the competence and performance of laboratories by subjecting them to interlaboratory comparisons. This paper focuses on evaluation and comparison of approaches for determining the standard deviation for proficiency assessment (SDPA...
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Measurement uncertainty in testing of biologicals in national control laboratories for ISO/IEC 17025: practical approaches

Tewari, Shalini; Trivedi, Niharika; Goel, Sanchi; Shrivastava, Rashmi; Gopinath, Sudha V.; Khurana, Ayushi; Anvikar, Anupkumar R.

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01589-8

The challenges in estimating measurement uncertainty in the complex matrix of biological systems, while doing compliance testing by National Control Laboratories and its importance in meeting ISO/IEC 17025 requirements are emphasised. Two primary approaches for MU, the bottom-up and top-down...
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Internal audit techniques for testing laboratories: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 perspective

Ohn, Han-Min

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01592-z

Internal auditing is an important part of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard. Clause 8.8 of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard describes the requirements that the testing and calibration laboratories need to follow in the area of internal auditing. However, the standard does not describe which...
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The role of measurement uncertainty in the validation of a measurement procedure

Raposo, Fernando C.; Ramsey, Michael H.

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01593-y
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Proficiency testing in analytical chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine: discussions on current practice and future directions

Brookman, Brian; Bélavári, Csilla; Butler, Owen; Corbí, Raquel Múrtula; Horsky, Monika; Jordan, Heather; Laurent, Caroline; Patriarca, Marina; Tiikkainen, Ulla; van Putten, Kees; Robouch, Piotr; Sárkány, Erika; Sorbo, Angela

2024 Accreditation and Quality Assurance

doi:10.1007/s00769-024-01588-9

A summary of the working group discussions on proficiency testing (PT) and external quality assessment (EQA) held at the Eurachem proficiency testing Workshop, Windsor, during September 2023 is provided. The working groups covered a range of issues concerned with current practice and future...

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