Working and Liaison Groups
Proficiency Testing Working Group
The EURACHEM Proficiency Testing Working Group (PTWG) provides a
forum within the European chemical measurement community for pursuing excellence
in the development and implementation of proficiency testing.
Terms of Reference
The EURACHEM
Proficiency Testing Working Group has been established and will operate in
accordance with the Constitution agreed in the EURACHEM Memorandum of
Understanding.
To improve the
organisation of proficiency testing in Europe.
To promote best
practice in proficiency testing using appropriate mechanisms such as
publications, workshops etc.
To provide a
forum for organisers and users of proficiency testing schemes on issues
affecting the practice of proficiency testing.
To organise, on a
periodic basis, an International workshop on proficiency testing in analytical
chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine.
To provide input
and comments from the chemical measurement community to the EA/EUROLAB/EURACHEM
Working Group on Proficiency Testing in Accreditation Procedures (EEE-PT WG).
To provide input
and disseminate output between EURACHEM and the EEE-PT WG.
To collaborate
and provide input on proficiency testing into other EURACHEM working groups.
To provide input
into international activities related to proficiency testing.
Membership
Brian Brookman, LGC Standards Proficiency Testing, UK (Chair)
Tracey Noblett, LGC Standards Proficiency Testing, UK (Secretariat)
Owen Butler, Health & safety Laboratory, UK
Andreja Drolc, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Ildi Ipolyi, Qualityconsult, Italy
Michael Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Minna Loikkanen, Lab Quality, Finland
Miklos Naray, Hungarian Institute of Occupational Health, Hungary
Ender Okandan, Petroleum Research Laboratory, Turkey
Ulf Örnemark, LGC Standards, Sweden
Halina Polkowska-Motrenko, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology,
Poland
Marina Patriarca / Antonio Menditto, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Piotr Robouch, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel,
EC
Kees van Putten, DUCARES B.V., The Netherlands
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| WG members: Left to right:
Marina Patriarca; Ender Okandan; Kees van Putten;
Miklos Naray; Irma Mäkinen (past member); Halina Polkowska-Motrenko;
Brian Brookman; Tracey Noblett; Barry Tylee;
Antonio Menditto; Michael Koch; Piotr Robouch
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Current Activities
- Organisation of the 7th International Workshop
on Proficiency Testing in Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology and
Laboratory Medicine
- Maintaining a bibliography of PT documents (Current
issue here)
- Preparation and translation of a series of information leaflets
regarding topics of interest to PT, to encourage good practice across Europe
- Production of a guide on the evaluation of qualitative results in
PT schemes
A key role of the PTWG is to discuss both input and outcomes of
issues addressed at the EA/EUROLAB/EURACHEM Working Group on Proficiency Testing
in Accreditation Procedures (EEE-PTWG). The EEE-PTWG discusses issues that
go much wider than analytical chemistry, and it is the responsibility of the
EURACHEM representatives to ensure that any decisions and outputs of the WG
take into account the needs of analytical chemistry. Current representatives
of the PTWG who represent EURACHEM on the EEE-PTWG are Brian Brookman, Marina
Patriarca and Piotr Robouch. In addition Frank Baumeister (ISWA, Germany)
also a EURACHEM representative.
Previous Outputs
- 3rd International Workshop on Proficiency Testing in Analytical
Chemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine - Borås, Sweden in September
2000
- Guide to the "Selection, use and interpretation of proficiency testing
(PT) schemes by laboratories", 2000
- Input into the EEE-PTWG paper "Use of Proficiency Testing as a Tool for
Accreditation Bodies", 2000
- 4th International Workshop on Proficiency Testing in Analytical
Chemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine - Bracknell, UK in February
2003
- Input into various EEE-PTWG discussion documents
- Development and translation of an information
leaflet on "what is PT" aimed at PT participants and their customers
- 5th
International Workshop on Proficiency Testing in Analytical Chemistry,
Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine - Portorož, Slovenia in September
2005 [Presentations
available via Past Events]
- Survey on the accreditation of EQA scheme organisers in laboratory
medicine (in collaboration with EQALM) [Report available here]
- Production of a discussion paper on fundamental terms relating to
PT [Discussion paper available here]
- Contribution
to the revision of ILAC G13
- 6th International Workshop on Proficiency
Testing in Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine -
Rome, Italy in October 2008 [Presentations
and working group summaries available via Past
Events]
- Contribution to the development of ISO/IEC 17043
- Development of a leaflet on ‘Pre- and post-analytical proficiency
testing’ [Here]
Past Members
Ellen van Berkel, KIWA NV, Netherlands
Paul De Bièvre (Past Convenor), Institute for Reference Materials and
Measurements, EC
Nick Boley (Past Convenor), LGC, UK
Steve Evans (Past Secretariat), LGC, UK
Mauri Keinanen, LabQuality, Finland
Nineta Majcen, Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (MIRS)
Irma Makinen, Finish Environment Institute, Finland
Herbert Muntau, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, EC
Ioannis Papadakis, Consultant, Greece
Rainer Schmidt, Bayer AG, Germany
Philip Taylor, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel,
EC
Barry Tylee, Health & Safety Laboratory, UK
Adam Uldall, DEKS, Denmark
Christoph Von Holst, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements,
Geel, EC
* Contact the PTWG
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