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Published: Wednesday, 08 January 2020 00:27
Proper investigation of poor PT results leads to improvements in laboratory performance. The Eurachem PT Working Group has published a new Information Leaflet to advise laboratories on investigation and root cause analysis of poor PT results.
The new leaflet is currently available in English, with other translations planned.
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Published: Tuesday, 07 January 2020 23:04
Thanks to help from colleagues in Iran, the information leaflet, "Setting Target Measurement Uncertainty", which gives a short introduction to the importance of the topic, is now additionally available in Farsi.
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Published: Saturday, 09 November 2019 19:00
Test items are sometimes available from proficiency testing (PT) providers after the completion of a PT round. It is often unclear to laboratories whether such materials can be used for quality control, validation etc. The Eurachem PT Working Group has now published a new Information Leaflet to advise laboratories on benefits and limitations of surplus PT items..
The new leaflet is currently available in English, with other translations planned.
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Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2019 01:16
Thanks to the hard work of Eurachem Portugal and the ForMEQ consortium (Fórum Internacional para Metrologia e Examinologia em Química), the Eurachem guide "Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment" is now available for download from the Eurachem site in Portuguese.
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Published: Monday, 14 October 2019 23:58
ILAC has recently published a revision of the key guidance document on decision rules and statements of conformity.
To reflect the renewed inportance of decision rules in ISO 17025:2017, the title of the new ILAC G8 has been changed from "Guidelines on the Reporting of Compliance with Specification" to "Guidelines on Decision Rules and Statements of Conformity In ISO/IEC 17025". The revised guidance can be found on the ILAC website.
Read more: ILAC publishes revision of ILAC Guidance on Conformity and Decision Rules
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Published: Sunday, 06 October 2019 23:06
The Eurachem Method Validation Working Group has published a new supplement to our guide on Method validation, covering the planning and reporting of validation studies. The supplement is in the form of a template for planning the evaluation of chosen performance characteristics. Once the experimental work has been completed, the template can be easily converted into a validation report. The supplement also contains a checklist to assist with validation planning..
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Published: Monday, 16 September 2019 09:54
The organisers are pleased to provide the scientific programme and further information for the Eurachem International Workshop on "Uncertainty from sampling and analysis for accredited laboratories". The programme includes presentations on accreditation issues and on taking account of measurement uncertainty in decision rules for conformity assessment. The workshop is kindly hosted by BAM at BAM headquarters, Unter den Eichen, Berlin, Germany,on 19-20 November 2019.
You can download the full programme here.
Registration is via the web page at www.eurachem.org/MU2019. [Separate website]
Abstracts can be submitted at www.eurachem.org/AbstractsMU2019 [Separate website].
Find out more on the workshop page >>