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Proficiency Testing

Laboratory, determination of laboratory testing performance by means of interlaboratory test comparisons.

Also referenced in ASTM E1732-22 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, ANSI/ASTM E1301-95 Standard Guide for Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory Comparisons.

OSAC Preferred

Committee

FSSB

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ISO/IEC 17043:2010(en) 3.7 Conformity assessment. International Organization for Standardization BIBC II, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ISO, copyright International Organization for Standardization, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ISO, https://www.iso.org/store.html