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Human errors and reliability of test results in analytical chemistry

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The present paper is a review of the main theoretical and technical aspects of human error treatment (error modelling, reduction and quantification) as applied in aviation, engineering, medicine and other fields. The aim of the review is to attract the attention of analysts and specialists in metrology and quality in chemistry to the human error problem and its influence on the reliability of test results of chemical composition and associated measurement uncertainty. Therefore, the subject of human error is interpreted in the review in application to the conditions of a chemical analytical laboratory.

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  1. National Physical Laboratory of Israel (INPL), 91904, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ilya Kuselman

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), 91 Strada delle Cacce, 10135, Turin, Italy

    Francesca Pennecchi

  3. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna International Centre, P.O.Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria

    Aleš Fajgelj

  4. State Research and Design Institute for Rare Metal Industry (GIREDMET), B. Tolmachevskyi per. 5, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    Yury Karpov

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Kuselman, I., Pennecchi, F., Fajgelj, A. et al. Human errors and reliability of test results in analytical chemistry. Accred Qual Assur 18, 3–9 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-012-0934-y

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