Recent news

News items include website updates and recent news of Eurachem events and activities.

May 2023 Workshop on Ensuring reliable results - first circular available

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The first circular is now available for the May 2023 Eurachem Workshop on "Ensuring reliable and accurate results of analytical processes".

The main themes for the workshop are Method validation, Equipment and Software validation, Internal and external quality controls, and measurement Uncertainty and Traceability of results.

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Eurachem supports #WorldStandardsDay

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"All ... Eurachem guidance documents build on a foundation of globally recognised international standards."

On #WorldStandardsDay, our colleague Kyriacos Tsimillis writes about the importance of Standards, globally and for Eurachem, in a new Eurachem Blog article

PT leaflets updated

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Thanks to the hard work of our Proficiency Testing Working Group, we've issued updated versions of eight of our popular Information Leaflets on Proficiency testing topics, from selecting a PT scheme to following up PT results. The updates bring the leaflets up to date with current terminology and relevant Standards. English versions of the latest edition are available; translations into other languages are planned.

All the updated information leaflets can be found via our Information Leaflets page.

 

Proficiency Testing and Accreditation

In 2022 we mark World Accreditation Day on June 9th, with this year’s theme of “Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment”. This year, we explain how proficiency testing helps to support laboratory acceditation, and hence support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Read our latest blog article here >>

Eurachem/CITAC compliance assessment guide now available in Ukrainian

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The Eurachem/CITAC measurement and traceability working group are delighted to announce that, thanks to hard work by our colleagues in Ukraine, the second edition of our guide "Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment" is now available in Ukrainian.

This second edition take into account the developments in other international guides and Standards, including ILAC G8, "Guidelines on Decision Rules and Statements of Conformity" and JCGM 106, "Evaluation of measurement data – The role of measurement uncertainty in conformity assessment".

Download the guide here >>

Online event - Discussion Forum on the Validity/Validation of Sampling Procedures

Eurachem and EUROLAB are pleased to announce an online discussion event on the topic of Validation of Sampling Procedures.

At this open event, Eurachem and Eurolap invite everybody with an interest/experience in the field of taking primary samples for the purpose of having them tested in an analytical laboratory to contribute with their views on the subject.

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