NDLI: Official proficiency tests of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons: current status and future directions

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Author	Dubey, Vinita Velikeloth, Sanila Sliwakowski, Maciej Mallard, Gary
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been organising and conducting Official Proficiency Tests (PT) since 1996 in accordance with ILAC-G13 to certify laboratories for the analysis of authentic samples under the provision of Chemical Weapons Convention. The tests are part of a mechanism to ensure that there are laboratories that have proven competence in the analysis of chemicals related to the Convention. Laboratories that have successfully completed the tests are designated by the Director General of the OPCW for analysis of authentic samples. To maintain the Designated Laboratory status, a laboratory must take and pass at least one of the two proficiency tests offered per calendar year. Unlike many proficiency tests, the OPCW PT is qualitative, that is the laboratories must determine if any of a very large set (essentially infinite) of chemicals relevant to the Convention are present in the samples. The tests are organised with the assistance of two laboratories, one preparing the test samples, and the other evaluating the test results. The paper provides an overview of the current status of these PTs and outlines salient features regarding procedure and scope of tests, selection of assisting laboratories, scoring and performance rating of participating labs. The emerging issues are also briefly discussed.
Starting Page	431
Ending Page	437
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09491775
Journal	Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	8-9
e-ISSN	14320517
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-04-12
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Proficiency tests Designated laboratories Chemical weapons Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Marketing Ecotoxicology Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Commercial Law Food Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Instrumentation Chemical Engineering Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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