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Policies, requirements and surveys concerning frequency for participation in proficiency testing schemes

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This paper focuses on policies and requirements concerning the frequency for participation in proficiency testing (PT) and provides an overview of the frequency for which PT activities are offered in 25 testing fields. Recent international surveys are summarised.

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  1. Examples of major sub disciplines are environmental analysis, materials testing and microbiology.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the other members of the working group who contributed to the discussions in Bracknell: Anita Schmidt (BAM, DE), Adriaan M.H. van der Veen (NMi-VSL, NL), Anthony Meier (Quality Management Ltd, UK), Barry Tylee (Health & Safety Laboratory, UK), Brian Brookman (LGC Ltd, UK), Campbell Andersson (Campden & Choleywood Food RA Group, UK), Ian Mann (METAS, CH), Irma Mäkinen (Finnish Environment Inst.), Jane Gun-Monroe (Quality Management Program-Lab. Service, Canada), Lorraine Turner (UKAS, UK), Leighton Jones (Forensic Science Service, UK), Michael A. Noble (CMPT, Canada), Ralph Obenauf (Glen Spectra Reference Materials, UK), Sheila Eaton (Public Health Lab. Service, UK). Information from the Eptis database from Renate Moratz is gratefully acknowledged. The following persons assisted by supplying information about their respective country’s accreditation body policy on PT: Katja Otrin Debevc (Slovenian Accreditation), Ardita Fuga (General Directorate of Standardization, Albania), Stefan Öman (SWEDAC, SE), Angelika Recknagel (BAM, DE), Poh Yin Chin (SAC-SINGLAS, Singapore), Viktor Krutob (EAK, Estonia), Mauricio Araujo Soares (INMETRO, Brazil), Peter van de Leemput (RvA, NL), Irena Mikelioniene (LA, Lithuania), Leena Tikkanen (FINAS, FI) and Gabriel Boisson (COFRAC, FR).

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  1. EQUALIS, P.O. Box 977, 751 09, Uppsala, Sweden

    Ulf Örnemark

  2. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA), Dampfschiffstrasse 4, 1030, Vienna, Austria

    Harald Fostel

  3. Swiss Federal Office for Metrology and Accreditation (METAS), Lindenweg 50, 3003, Bern-Wabern, Switzerland

    Rolf Straub

  4. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, 12200, Berlin, Germany

    Johannes van de Kreeke

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Örnemark, U., Fostel, H., Straub, R. et al. Policies, requirements and surveys concerning frequency for participation in proficiency testing schemes. Accred Qual Assur 9, 729–732 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-004-0858-2

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