Measurement Uncertainty for Laboratory Customers
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 06 June 2023 21:30
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This information leaflet is intended for customers of laboratories perfoming chemical analyses.The leaflet tells customers why laboratories report measurement uncertainty. It is based on the Swedish leaflet SP INFO 2000:23 which was prepared by SP and FaL in collaboration with the Swedish EPA, The Swedish National food Administration, VAV and Swedac, with support from the Swedish SME-project KMoo P0 07313. The English version on this website has been prepared together with Eurachem, Eurolab, EA and EMPA.
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Translation into other languages is permitted for members of Eurachem, by kind permission of RISE, Sweden (formerly SP). Please contact the MU&T WG Secretary to confirm permission and for source files.
Use of uncertainty information in compliance (2021)
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Last Updated: Monday, 01 August 2022 20:59
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This information leaflet is intended for laboratories perfoming chemical analyses. It has been prepared by the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Tracability Working Group (see here for details) to introduce the use of decision rules and guard bands in interpreting results accompanied by measurement uncertainty information. The leaflet summarises the principles described in the Eurachem Guide "Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment", which is available here.
This revised edition of this information leaflet is amended to reflect changes in the second edition of the compliance Guide.
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* Publication dates are dates of publication on this website.
** First published 2021-09-01; amended 2021-12-09.
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Translation into other languages is encouraged for members of Eurachem. Other offers of translation should be directed to the Eurachem Secretariat for permission. The Eurachem policy on maintenance and development of Eurachem guidance, available on the Policies page, gives further information on translation.
Note: The previous (2015) edition is available in English, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Portuguese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Previous editions
The previous edition of this leaflet can be found here.