How to use risk evaluation to develop a PT participation plan

In 2010, ILAC P9 began requiring the applicant laboratories considering needs and risk level to make their own proficiency testing (PT) participation plan (hereafter referred as the PT plan, for short), as long as the PT program was feasible both logistically and economically. In response to the req...

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Published in:Quality (Wheaton) 2013-11, Vol.52 (11), p.32
Main Authors: Kao, Pao-Chu, Cheng, Jia-Fen, Chang, Shu-Fen, Wei, Ju-Lin, Chen, Jia-Chi
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Laboratories
Quality control
Revisions
Risk assessment
Testing
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Summary:In 2010, ILAC P9 began requiring the applicant laboratories considering needs and risk level to make their own proficiency testing (PT) participation plan (hereafter referred as the PT plan, for short), as long as the PT program was feasible both logistically and economically. In response to the requirements of ILAC P9, Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) revised the accreditation criteria document, Requirements for PT Activities (TAF-CNLA-R05). Submitting a PT plan prepared by the laboratory seeking accreditation is required in this revised document. To facilitate applicants learning how to make a plan and implement thereafter, a document -- Guidelines for Establishing Plans of Participation in PT Programs (TAF-CNLA-G29) -- was developed by TAF based on the concept of risk evaluation. This article will take one particular case study from TAF-CNLA-G29 to illustrate how to put the risk assessment concepts into the consideration points, formulation procedure, and subsequent review and amendment procedures of the PT plan.
ISSN:0360-9936
1937-4410