Accreditation and Quality Assurance has established itself as the leading information and discussion forum for all aspects relevant to quality, transparency and reliability of measurement results in chemical and biological sciences. The journal serves the information needs of researchers, practitioners and decision makers dealing with quality assurance and quality management, including the development and application of metrological principles and concepts such as traceability or measurement uncertainty in the following fields: environment, nutrition, consumer protection, geology, metallurgy, pharmacy, forensics, clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, and microbiology. Information is provided in the following main columns: General Paper - scientific progress and new insights Practitioner's Report - competent applications of metrological concepts in real-world cases, 'best practice' in metrology in chemistry Reviews – critical evaluation of current practical and theoretical knowledge Discussion Forum - unorthodox ideas, remarkable observations, diverging views, and stimulating questions In addition, readers will learn more about recent developments of legislation and standardization, international bodies, or meetings, and get the latest news and announcements.
Accreditation and Quality Assurance
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Identifiers
ISSN | 0949-1775 |
e-ISSN | 1432-0517 |
DOI | 10.1007/769.1432-0517 |
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Data set: Springer
Articles
Accreditation and Quality Assurance > 2019 > 24 > 6 > 443-449
A model has been created to investigate the uncertainty of a gas analyser operating according to the European Standard EN 14181, which ensures that the measurement uncertainty meets the requirements of legislation (Industrial Emissions Directive). This paper summarises the validation and initial results from the model, looking at the effect of varying the uncertainty of the reference method used to...
Accreditation and Quality Assurance > 2019 > 24 > 6 > 417-426
The main objective of the current research was to evaluate nitrate content in different brands of bottled drinking waters sold in Iranian markets using the available data in the literature and to assess the health risk associated with the consumption of drinking water containing this contaminant. The concentrations of nitrate in different brands of bottled waters in Iranian markets from 16 previous...
Accreditation and Quality Assurance > 2019 > 24 > 6 > 451-461
An interlaboratory comparison exercise was performed to assess the technical proficiency of laboratories in measuring the organochlorine pesticides in drinking water. The homogeneity and stability of the samples to be used in the test were evaluated, the assigned value and the standard deviation were determined according to ISO Guide 35 and ISO standard 17043, and the results showed that the samples...