Implementing essential requirements of the ISO 17043:2023 for a proficiency testing provider as a step towards accreditation achievement

Abstract

Successful participation in Proficiency Testing/Interlaboratory Comparison (PT/ILC) schemes is a method to ensure validity of results for any laboratory. It is also a component of a complex of means for demonstrating technical competence of a laboratory as an organization. The new accreditation standard ISO 17043 for PT providers together with the newly updated ILAC Policy of PT participation introduce a different perspective on the activity of PT provider in regard to quality assurance.

Keywords

• accreditation
• interlaboratory comparisons
• iso 17043
• medical laboratory
• proficiency testing