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

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 9, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 729-732

  Örnemark, Ulf ^a   Fostel, Harald ^b   Straub, Rolf ^c   Van De Kreeke, Johannes ^d  

^a EQUALIS   (Sweden)

^b Bundesministerium F Wirtsch Arbeit   (Austria)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Energy   (Switzerland)

^d BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Eptis; External quality assessment; Frequency; Policy documents; Proficiency testing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; REVIEW;

EID: 8644259921     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-004-0858-2     Document Type: Review

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