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Results of a proficiency testing on the calibration of clinical liquid-in-glass thermometer

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This article reports evaluation results of a proficiency testing conducted between clinical labs and Research Centre for Metrology-LIPI (RCM-LIPI), within the framework of calibration of clinical liquid-in-glass thermometer (CLIGT). RCM-LIPI is the pilot lab and has duty in the determination of reference value by linking the results to the SI-traceable National Standards. Two CLIGTs were calibrated against a standard platinum resistance thermometer in RCM-LIPI. Afterward, the CLIGTs were circulated through two calibration loops to eight labs and were calibrated at their calibration facilities using their owned routine procedure. The results show that three of the eight labs failed the comparison with |En| values greater than one. The article gives suggested solutions to identified measurement issues at these three labs that need attention.

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This work was supported by National Accreditation Body of Indonesia (Komite Akreditasi Nasional) and RCM-LIPI. We gratefully acknowledge K. Yamazawa and Y. Yamada for the discussion and novel insights gained during their visit to temperature metrology laboratory of RCM-LIPI.

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  1. Center for Research and Human Resources Development, the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia, Pusrisbang-BSN (formerly RCM-LIPI), PUSPIPTEK, 420 Building, Serpong, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia

    Beni Adi Trisna, Dwi Larassati & Ghufron Zaid

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Trisna, B.A., Larassati, D. & Zaid, G. Results of a proficiency testing on the calibration of clinical liquid-in-glass thermometer. Accred Qual Assur 25, 1–5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-019-01406-7

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