Websites and web resources

• Eptis Proficiency Scheme database (www.eptis.bam.de/en/index.htm)

Standards

• ISO 13528:2015. Statistical methods for use in proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparisons. (www.iso.org)
• ISO/IEC 17043:2010. Conformity assessment -- General requirements for proficiency testing. (www.iso.org)

Guides

• EA-2/18: INF 2015, Guidelines for accreditation bodies on the contents of the scopes of accreditation for proficiency testing providers, 2015 (www.european-accreditation.org)
• EA-INF/12, Benefits and importance of the participation in EA highlighted PT schemes, rev 00, December 2014 (www.european-accreditation.org)
• I. Mann, B. Brookman (Eds), Selection, use and interpretation of proficiency testing (PT) schemes by laboratories, 2^nd Edition, Eurachem, 2011 (www.eurachem.org)
• EA-4/18, Guidance on the level and frequency of proficiency testing participation, 2010 (www.european-accreditation.org)

Books

• R. E. Lawn, M. Thompson, R. Walker, Proficiency testing in analytical chemistry, RSC, 1997, ISSN 0 85404 432 9

Articles and reports

• M. Thompson, Recent trends in interlaboratory precision at ppb and sub-ppb concentrations in relation to fitness for purpose criteria in proficiency testing, Analyst, 2000, 125, 385-386 (www.rsc.org)
• M. Thompson, S. L. R. Ellison, R. Wood, The International Harmonized Protocol for the proficiency testing of analytical chemistry laboratories, IUPAC Technical Report, Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, 78(1), 145-196 (www.iupac.org)
• Eurolab cookbooks (www.eurolab.org/cookbooks.aspx)
  • Doc No. 4.0, rev 2, Use of interlaboratory comparison data by laboratories, 2012
  • Doc No. 2.0, Criteria for the selection of a proficiency testing scheme, 2007
• Eurachem information leaflets
  • Proficiency testing - how much and how often? (2017) (www.eurachem.org)
  • Selecting the right proficiency testing scheme for my laboratory (2015) (www.eurachem.org)
  • How can proficiency testing help my laboratory? (2013) (www.eurachem.org)
  • Pre- and post-analytical PT (2009) (www.eurachem.org)
  • Proficiency testing schemes and other interlaboratory comparisons (2005) (www.eurachem.org)
• AMC Technical Briefs, RSC, (www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/Analytical/AMC/TechnicalBriefs.asp):
  • AMC TB 74-2016, z-Scores and other scores in chemical proficiency testing - their meanings, and some common misconceptions
  • AMC TB 68-2015, Fitness for purpose: the key feature in analytical proficiency testing
  • AMC TB 56-2013, What causes most errors in chemical analysis?
  • AMC TB 19A-2008, General and specific fitness functions for proficiency tests and other purposes - clarifying an old idea
  • AMC TB 18A-2005, What is proficiency testing? Guide for end-users of chemical data
  • AMC TB 18-2004 (revised April 2007), GMO Proficiency testing: Interpreting z-scores derived from log-transformed data
  • AMC TB 16-2004, Proficiency testing: assessing z-scores in the longer term
  • AMC TB 11-2002, Understanding and acting on scores obtained in proficiency testing schemes
  • AMC TB 02-2000 (revised December 2005), How to combine proficiency test results with your own uncertainty estimate - the zeta score

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