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Published: Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:28
Registration is now open for the Eurachem International Workshop on "Quality assurance for analytical laboratories in the university curriculum", in conjunction with Eurachem Romania.
The workshop will be held on 25-26 May 2020. The workshop is kindly hosted by the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania.
Registration for the event is via the web page at https://eurachem2020.ro/
Contributed posters and short oral presentations are welcome; abstracts can be submitted until 31 March 2020; see https://eurachem2020.ro/call-for-papers/ for details of Abstract submission.
Workshop page on this site >>
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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.
Download the leaflet here >>
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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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Eurachem-CZ has released a Czech translation of the 2nd edition of the Eurachem guide "Metrological Traceability in Chemical Measurement" (available in English 
The Eurachem method validation working group has extended the deadline for feedback on the Eurachem Guide on method validation. The new closing date is 31 December 2019. Click here (