关键词:
Proficiency testing
External quality assessment
Laboratory accreditation
Laboratory performance evaluation
Laboratory quality assurance
Laboratory quality control
摘要:
A summary of the working group discussions on proficiency testing (PT) and external quality assessment (EQA) held at the Eurachem Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 6-9 October 2014 is provided. The working groups covered a range of issues concerned with current practice and future directions: review of ISO/IEC 17043;user perspective of PT/EQA;sampling PT/EQA;the revised ISO 13528;PT/EQA in developing countries;and harmonisation of performance assessment in qualitative PT/EQA. Delegates from 64 countries attended the workshop, and this diversity of different backgrounds was represented on each of the working groups in order to capture a range of views and experience from a number of different measurement sectors. Working group representatives included PT/EQA providers, participants in PT/EQA schemes, end-users of PT/EQA results such as accreditation bodies and regulatory authorities, national measurement institutes, laboratory associations, universities and independent consultants from countries around the world.