This 3rd edition presents a comprehensive analytical approach to all aspects of quality assurance. It recognizes the role of ISO/IEC 17025 as an international laboratory accreditation standard, and the increasing need for laboratories to demonstrate quality performance through external accreditation processes accepted by national accreditation organizations operating within the ISO umbrella. A new chapter describing the role and content of the quality assurance manual has been added and contains a more global or international approach to quality assurance audits and accreditation.



Contents

• Quality Assurance Overview.
• Statistical Applications and Control Charts.
• New—Personnel Considerations.
• Laboratory Design.
• Management of Equipment and Supplies.
• Sampling.
• Records.
• Methods and Analyses.
• New—Proficiency Testing.
• Audit Procedures.
• New—Laboratory Accreditation.
• Appendixes.
• Index.