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

• B. Brookman and I. Mann (Eds), Selection, Use and Interpretation of Proficiency Testing (PT) Schemes by laboratories, 3rd Edition, Eurachem, 2021 (www.eurachem.org/index.php/publications/guides)
• EA-4/21 INF: 2018, Guidelines for the assessment of the appropriateness of small interlaboratory comparisons within the process of laboratory accreditation (www.european-accreditation.org)
• EA-4/18 G: 2021, Guidance on the level and frequency of proficiency testing participation, (www.european-accreditation.org)

Leaflets

• Eurachem information leaflets (www.eurachem.org/index.php/publications/leaflets)
  • Proficiency testing schemes for sampling (2020)
  • How to investigate poor performance in proficiency testing (2019)
  • Use of surplus proficiency test items (2019)
  • Proficiency testing – How much and how often? (2016)
  • Selecting the right proficiency testing scheme for my laboratory (2015)
  • How can proficiency testing help my laboratory? (2013)
  • Pre- and post-analytical proficiency testing (2009)
  • Proficiency testing schemes and other interlaboratory comparisons (2005)
• Eurolab cookbooks (https://www.eurolab.org/pubs-cookbooks)
  • Doc No. 2, Criteria for the selection of a proficiency testing scheme, 2018
  • Doc No. 4, Use of interlaboratory comparison data by laboratories, 2021
  • Doc No. 17, Interlaboratory comparison: The views of laboratories, 2018
• AMC Technical Briefs, RSC,
  (www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/Analytical/AMC/TechnicalBriefs.asp):
  • AMC TB 78-2017 Proficiency testing of sampling
  • 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, GMO Proficiency testing: Interpreting z-scores derived from log-transformed data
  • AMC TB 16-2004 (revised April 2007), 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

Articles and reports

• ILAC B6:06/2019, Benefits for laboratories participating in proficiency testing programs (www.ilac.org)
• I. Kuselman, A. Fajgelj, IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Selection and use of proficiency testing schemes for a limited number of participants – chemical analytical laboratories (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem., 2010, 82(5), 1099-1135, https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REP-09-08-15
• 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, https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200678010145 

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