ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION
The International Harmonized Protocol for the proficiency testing of analytical chemistry laboratories (IUPAC Technical Report)
Michael Thompson1, Stephen L. R. Ellison2,*, and Roger Wood3
1School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK; 2LGC Limited, Queens Road, Teddington Middlesex, TW11 0LY, UK; 3Food Standards Agency, c/o Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK
Abstract: The international standardizing organizations - International, ISO, and IUPAC - cooperated to produce the International Harmonized Protocol for the Proficiency Testing of (Chemical) Analytical Laboratories. The Working Group that produced the protocol agreed to revise that Protocol in the light of recent developments and the experience gained since it was first published. This revision has been prepared and agreed upon in the light of comments received following open consultation.
Keywords: harmonized; IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division; uncertainty; analysis; proficiency testing; protocol.
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