Accreditation and Quality Assurance

, Volume 19, Issue 5, pp 355–360 | Cite as

Implementation of the quality management system at the Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Safety (LPSR) in Portugal

  • I. Lopes
  • L. Santos
  • M. F. Pereira
  • P. Vaz
  • J. G. Alves
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Abstract

The paper describes the activities carried out for the implementation of the quality management system (QMS) at the Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Safety (LPSR) in Portugal in order to achieve the management and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and to get the accreditation for ten tests. The implementation of the QMS based on this international standard allowed LPSR to improve the methods, to identify problems, to implement preventive and corrective actions, to generate valid results and to achieve a stable level of high-quality output recognized by an independent body in the scope of waters, metrology, radiation and radiochemistry.

Keywords

Quality management system ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation Waters Metrology Radiation Radiochemistry 
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Acknowledgments

Thanks are due to the staff of LPSR who was involved in the accreditation of its methods: Albertina Libanio, Ana Rita Gomes, Carlos Oliveira, Dina Alves, João Abrantes, João Cardoso, Gabriel Silva, Gonçalo Carvalhal, Lidia Silva, Manuela Saraiva, Maria Emília Pacheco, Maria José Bação Madruga, Mario Capucho dos Reis, Marta Santos, Sandra Rangel.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • I. Lopes
    • 1
  • L. Santos
    • 1
  • M. F. Pereira
    • 1
  • P. Vaz
    • 1
  • J. G. Alves
    • 1
  1. 1.Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de LisboaCampus Tecnológico e NuclearBobadela LRSPortugal

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