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Proficiency Testing

evaluation of participant performance against pre-established criteria by means of interlaboratory comparisons.

Also referenced in ASTM E1732-24ae1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, ANSI/ASTM E1301-95 Standard Guide for Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory Comparisons, ANSI/ASB Standard 153 Standard Practices for Proficiency Testing for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories and Breath Alcohol Programs.

OSAC Preferred
Committee
FSSB
Interdisciplinary
Forensic Toxicology
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ISO/IEC 17043:2023(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