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to technical publications and documents of interest to IAAC
members and the wider community are listed here. If
you wish to have a technical document considered for addition
to the library please contact the IAAC Secretary at secretariat@iaac.org.mx
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Association of Analytical Communities |
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| Laboratories
performing microbiological and chemical analyses
of food and pharmaceuticals & Laboratories Accreditation
Bodies |
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| September
2006 |
AOAC
INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing
Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food
and Pharmaceuticals, An Aid to Interpretation
of ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Revised
September 2006
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AOAC
INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing
Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food
and Pharmaceuticals, An Aid to Interpretation
of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 provides detailed criteria
to aid in assessing the essential requirements
for performing these types of analyses. This document
closely follows ISO/IEC 17025 and provides a section-by-section
interpretation of the general ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
This is not a free document. |
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| Asia
Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
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| Laboratory
Accreditation Bodies & Laboratories |
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No.2 Dated: 03/04 |
APLAC
TC 005, APLAC Interpretation and Guidance on
the estimation of uncertainty of measurement
in testing
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This
document provides interpretation and guidance
on measurement uncertainty in testing for various
technical disciplines. It is intended for use
by laboratory accreditation bodies as well as
laboratories. |
| Inspection
bodies & Laboratories in General |
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Issue
No.2
Dated:
02/04 |
APLAC
TC 2 Guidelines for Internal Audits
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This
document gives guidance to laboratories and inspection
bodies on how to establish and implement a program
of internal audits. |
Issue
No.2
Dated:
02/04 |
APLAC
TC 3 Guidelines Management reviews
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This
document gives laboratories and inspection bodies
guidance on how to establish and implement a program
for management reviews. |
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Best
Measurement Capability (BMC)
and Calibration Measurement Capability (CMC) |
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Accreditation Bodies & Laboratories in General
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Change
in Terminology Relating to BMC/CMC
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This
ILAC circular explains the action required by
ILAC members regarding the change in Terminology
Relating to Best Measurement Capability (BMC)
and Calibration Measurement Capability (CMC). |
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| European
Cooperation for Accreditation |
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| Sensory
Testing Laboratories & Sensory Testing Accreditation
Bodies |
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EA-4/09
Accreditation for sensory testing laboratories
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This
document supplements EN ISO/IEC 17025, and provides
specific guidance on the accreditation of sensory
testing laboratories for both assessors and laboratories
preparing for accreditation. It gives detailed
guidance for the interpretation of EN ISO/IEC
17025 for those undertaking sensory testing. |
| Testing
Laboratories |
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Rev.00
Dated:
Dec 2003 |
EA
4/16 EA guidelines on the expression of uncertainty
in quantitativetesting
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The
purpose of this document is to harmonise the evaluation
of uncertainties associated with measurement and
test results within EA. To achieve this, recommendations
and advice are given for the evaluation of those
uncertainties. |
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| Testing
Laboratories |
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| 2003 |
EURACHEM/CITAC
Guide 2003 Traceability in Chemical Measurement
- A guide to achieving comparable measurement
results in chemical measurement
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This
Guide gives detailed guidance for the establishment
of measurement traceability in quantitative chemical
analysis, based on the definition in the international
vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology
(VIM). Though it is aimed principally at testing
and measurement laboratories carrying out chemical
measurement, the principles are expected to apply
from routine analysis to basic research. The document
is also intended to assist laboratories in meeting
the requirements on traceability of results given
in ISO 17025.The version of the guide that is
available on the website follows a detailed discussion
over the last year of the previous version of
the document. |
| 2002 |
EURACHEM/CITAC
Guide 2002 Guide to Quality in analytical Chemistry
- An aid to accreditation
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The
aim of this guide is to provide laboratories with
guidance on best practice for the analytical operations
they carry out. The guidance covers both qualitative
and quantitative analysis carried out on a routine
or non-routine basis. A separate guide covers research
and development work (Quality Assurance for Research
and Development and Non-routine Analysis,1998). |
| 2000 |
EURACHEM/CITAC
Guide CG 4 2000 Quantifying Uncertainty in AnalyticalMeasurement
- 2nd Edition
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This
Guide gives detailed guidance for the evaluation
and expression of uncertainty in quantitative chemical
analysis, based on the approach taken in the ISO
“Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty inMeasurement”
[H.2]. It is applicable at all levels of accuracy
and in all fields - from routine analysis to basic
research and to empirical and rational methods (see
section 5.3.). Some common areas in whichchemical
measurements are needed, and in which the principles
of this Guide may be applied, are:• Quality
control and quality assurance in manufacturing industries.•
Testing for regulatory compliance.• Testing
utilising an agreed method.• Calibration of
standards and equipment.• Measurements associated
with the development and certification of reference
materials.• Research and development. |
| 1998 |
EURACHEM/CITAC
Guide 1998 Quality Assurance for Research &
Development and Non-routine Analysis
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This
guide, produced by a joint Eurachem/CITAC working
party representing industrial, academic, and governmental
interests, promotes and describes the concepts of
quality assurance in the non-routine environment.
The guide promotes a nested approach to quality
assurance, dealing with it at a general organisational
level, a technical level and a project specific
level. It is intended to promote the use of QA as
an effective tool for establishing and maintaining
quality in R&D and non-routine operations. It
does not seek to set criteria for accreditation
of R&D although there is a section describing
various methods for third party assessment of quality
systems. The guidance may form the basis on which
accreditation criteria can be set in the future.
The guidance is intended to complement the existing
CITAC guide (CG1) which describes QA in the routine
environment. It is primarily directed towards analytical
chemistry establishments but is, in principle, applicable
to other sectors. An extensive bibliography is included. |
| 1998 |
EURACHEM
Guide 1998 The Fitness for Purpose of Analytical
Methods - Alaboratory guide to method validation
and related topics
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This
guide, produced by a correspondence group, comprising
mainly Eurachem members is based on an earlier LGC-produced
draft. A number of papers have been published promoting
validation at a policy level. Others give guidance
on validation for particular applications and the
use of interlaboratory trials. The Eurachem guide
aims to fill the gap in between by providing guidance
on the various elements of validation (when methods
should be validated, who carries out the validation,
how methods should be validated, use of blanks,
standards and replication) and is directed primarily
towards laboratories working in isolation. Related
issues are also dealt with: use of validated methods;
designing quality control from validation data;
implications of validation data for reporting; and
documentation of methods. |
| Microbiological
Testing Laboratories and testing accreditation bodies |
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| 2002 |
EURACHEM/EA
Guide 2002 Accreditation for Microbiological Laboratories
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This
document has been produced by a joint EURACHEM/EA
Working Group. It supplements ISO/IEC 17025 and
provides specific guidance on the accreditation
of laboratories performing microbiological testing,
for both assessors and laboratories preparing for
accreditation. |
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| Japan
Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment |
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| Electrical
Testing Laboratories & Calibration |
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| Ed.
1 March 25th. 2003 |
JABNOTE4-Estimation
of MU (Electrical testing/ High power testing)
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JAB
has published an explanatory document, JAB NOTE
4, about the uncertainty of measurement concerning
High Power Testing, after two year dedication
to the development. This document supervised by
the Technical Sub-committee will be of help to
those who are involved in calibration as well
as high power testing.The document has been distributed
to ILAC TAIC members for their comments. JAB also
offered this to the APLAC Training Committee members
as study aid for assessors and laboratory staff.It
is our sincere hope that JAB NOTE 4 deepens readers
understanding of measurement uncertainty. |
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| Medical
Laboratories Reference Documents and Information |
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Accreditation Bodies |
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The
IAAC Laboratories Subcommittee has collected
number of useful documents and links for medical
laboratory accreditation.
Including
the following topics: ISO/IEC 15189 accreditation,
Biosafety, Equipment, Validation, Preanalytical
and Postanalytical procedures, Quality Assurance,
Quality Control, EQAs, Uncertainty, Traceability,
and useful links.
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Technology
Services
Laboratory
Metrology
Metrology
resources for government and commercial laboratories
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Round
Robin Tools (Interlaboratory comparison, Proficiency
Testing)
NIST
has developed a number of training tools and
templates for use in conducting Interlaboratory
Comparisons and Proficiency Tests.
There
is a great deal of useful information here as
well as templates for worksheets, data analysis,
etc.
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| Laboratories
Accreditation Bodies |
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| Edition
2, January 2007 |
The
Expression of Uncertainty and Confidence in
Measurement
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The
purpose of these guidelines is to provide policy
on the evaluation and reporting of measurement
uncertainty for testing and calibration laboratories.
A
number of worked examples are included in order
to illustrate how practical implementation of
the principles involved can be achieved.
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| Laboratories
Accreditation Bodies |
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Purpose |
| 2003 |
Laboratory
Accreditation in Developing Economies: Tested
Once - Accepted Everywhere Working paper No.2
- UNIDO/ILAC
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The
purpose of this publication is to address the
issue of accreditation for testing and calibration
laboratories with special emphasis on the developing
economies. The details of the intricacies of such
accreditation are covered in the relevant ISO/IEC
Guides and Standards and references are given
to the appropriate documentation that is available
from national and international standard organizations.
What this document provides is a detailed step
by step guide to the process of accreditation
and its requirements in terms of governmental,
technical and human resources support. The need
for accreditation, what it means for the economy
of any country and the role that it plays on the
facilitation of both domestic and export trade
is also addressed. It is stressed that accreditation
is not the only recognized route for the conformity
assessment but it is the one that offers the least
duplication of effort, is the most transparent,
most widely accepted and is the least discriminatory
option.
It
should however be stressed that while is a guide
to accreditation for developing economies, there
is no easy panacea for international recognition
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National
Measurement System, Chemical and Biological Metrology
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Accreditation Bodies |
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Meeting
the traceability requirements of ISO 17025,
An analyst’s guide
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This
guide provides essential practical advice to analysts
and laboratory managers on how to establish the
traceability of their results to reliable and
appropriate measurement standards. Such traceability
is the key to obtaining results that are fit-for-purpose,
particularly in terms of accuracy, between-laboratory
comparability and consistency of data over periods
of time. Following the guidance given here should
ensure compliance with the traceability requirements
of ISO 17025.
The
guidance is illustrated using extensive examples
of several analytical methods and standard operating
procedures taken from the food and environmental
measurement sectors. The examples are based on
the real analytical procedures, simplified where
necessary to aid clarity. We hope they will facilitate
an understanding of the principles of traceability
and prove useful for both private study and training
courses. |
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