Lessons from the organization of a proficiency testing program in food microbiology by interlaboratory comparison: Analytical methods in use, impact of methods on bacterial counts and measurement uncertainty of bacterial counts

Food Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-38

  Augustin, Jean Christophe ^a   Carlier, Vincent ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Measurement uncertainty; Method performance; Microbiological methods; Proficiency testing; Quality assurance; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 20544448278     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2005.01.010     Document Type: Review

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