3. Proficiency testing
3.1 Objectives and principles
Table 1 indicates that proficiency testing is another type of collaborative study. In terms of vocabulary, the expressions laboratory intercomparison , or ILC, and proficiency testing , or PT, often come across.
For a long time, PTs were simply collaborative tools, used on a voluntary basis by scientists to develop a common method. With the introduction of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation , they...
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- Accuracy (trueness and precision) of results and measurement methods – Part 1: General principles and definitions - ISO 5725-1 - 2023
- Accuracy (trueness and precision) of results and measurement methods – Part 2: Basic method for determining the repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method - ISO 5725-2 - 2019
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