6th Eurachem workshop on Proficiency Testing in analytical chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine

Rome, 6-7 October 2008

Summary
Presentations
Working group reports
Further information

Summary
  Programme [From Conference website]
  Workshop Overview [PDF, 1.5Mb]
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Presentations
  FREQUENCY OF EQA SCHEMES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE OVER TIME
Annette Thomas, WEQAS [PDF, 530 kb]
  DEVELOPMENTS IN PT WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Philip Taylor, European Commission's Joint Research Centre Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements [PDF, 760 kb]
  IAEA INTERLABORATORY STUDIES IN SERVICE OF ANALYTICAL QUALITY CONTROL OF MEMBER STATES LABORATORIES
Abdulghani Shakhashiro, International Atomic Energy Agency [PDF, 3.3 Mb]
  THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MICROBIOLOGICAL FOOD AND DRINKING WATER PT PROTOCOL IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
Tommy Šlapokas, National Food Administration, Sweden [PDF, 1.2 Mb]
  FORENSIC PT: THE ENFSI PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAMME ON IDENTFICATION OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE PARTICLES BY
SEM/EDX

Ludwig Niewöhner, Forensic Science Institute of the Bundeskriminalamt, Germany [PDF, 1.9 Mb]
  ISO/IEC 17043: CURRENT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES
Daniel W Tholen, Convenor of ISO WG on ISO/IEC 17043, Dan Tholen Statistical Consulting, USA [PDF, 230 kB]
  PTs, HEAVEN OR HELL FOR THE LABORATORIES? LABORATORIES VIEW ON PT/EQA
Magnus Holmgren, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden [PDF, 84 kB]
  PT/EQA STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF TEST ITEMS
Maria Belli, Environmental Protection Agency of Italy [PDF, 250 kb]
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Working Group Reports
  Frequency of PT/EQA and monitoring performance over time [PDF, 65 kB]
Developments in PT/EQA within the EU [PDF, 98 kB]
  PT/EQA in developing countries [PDF, 69 kB]
PT/EQA in microbiology [PDF, 69 kB]
  PT/EQA in Forensic science and other new emerging fields [PDF, 67 kB]
The new standard for PT/EQA; ISO/IEC 17043 [PDF, 68 kB]
End user perspective of PT/EQA [PDF, 74 kB]
  Quality of test items used in PT/EQA [PDF, 74 kB]
 
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Further information
  Conference website: http://www.iss.it/eurachem/index.php
 
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