What is a Proficiency Testing?
Proficiency Testing (PT) is the evaluation of participant performance against pre-established criteria by means of inter laboratory comparisons.
ISO/IEC 17043:2023
ISO/IEC 17043:2023 standard specifies general requirements for the competence of providers of proficiency testing schemes and for the development and operation of proficiency testing schemes. International standard ISO/IEC 13528:2022 is referred for statistical analysis in proficiency testing during implementation of ISO/IEC 17043:2023 which gives a detailed guidance.
ISO/IEC 17043:2023 standard is applicable to:
Independent PT providers who wish to run PT programs for specific disciplines
Classification of major PT schemes
Simultaneous scheme: where PT items are distributed for concurrent testing or measurement within a defined time period eg PT items for Hardness testing
Sequential scheme : where one or more PT items are distributed sequentially for testing or measurement and returned to the PT provider at intervals eg Calibration items such as Vernier Caliper
Quantitative scheme: where the objective is to quantify one or more measurands of the PT item
Qualitative scheme: where the objective is to identify or describe one or more characteristics of the PT items
Training & Consultancy Support for ISO/IEC 17043:2023 Accreditation by Amar Anand Associates
Highly competent team of Amar Anand Associates with hands on experience on the implementation of ISO/IEC 17043:2023 standard shall assist your organization for training of your team on the standard , developing a Roadmap, Gap Assessment , development of documentation, Preparation of PT program , PT samples , Homogeniety & Stability Assessment , Robust Z score calculations , Internal Audits and Pre-Assessment and Post Assessment support .