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Why and how participating in Proficiency Testing Programs ?

Les laboratoires accrédités ou candidats à l’accréditation se doivent d’assurer la validité des résultats qu’ils rendent. Cette obligation passe par la mise en œuvre de contrôles externes permettant de s’assurer de la performance de leurs activités de laboratoires. Des comparaisons interlaboratoires par exemple.

Les campagnes proposées par les organisateurs de comparaisons interlaboratoires (OCIL) permettent aux laboratoires participant de démontrer leur aptitude à réaliser des analyses.
Pour en savoir plus sur les bénéfices apportés par le recours aux comparaisons interlaboratoires, consultez la brochure ILAC : The benefits of participating in PT .
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The basic purpose of proficiency testing is to assess the performance of laboratories for their conduct of specific test, measurements or calibrations. Many laboratories operate in isolation from other laboratories and do not have ongoing opportunities to compare their data with others. Without such opportunities there are risks that a laboratory’s data may have errors, biases or significant differences compared to similar laboratories.

Proficiency testing provides an opportunity to undertake such comparisons and to have an independent appraisal of the laboratory’s data compared to reference values (or other performance criteria) or to the performance of similar laboratories. The results from such participation provide laboratory managers with either a confirmation that the laboratory’s performance is satisfactory or an alert that an investigation of potential problems within the laboratory is required.
Find out more on the benefits for laboratories participating in Proficiency Testing Programs with ILAC's brochure : The benefits of participating in PT .

Go to the list of proficiency testing programs :

  • LNE programs (calibration) ;
  • LNE programs 2017-2022 (metrology) ;
  • european programs : IMEP (International Measurement Evaluation Programme), NUSIMEP (Nuclear Signatures Interlaboratory Measurement Evaluation Programme), REIMEP (Regular European Interlaboratory Measurement Evaluation Programme) and EURLs (European Union Reference Laboratories).

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