Interdivisional Working Party on Harmonization of Quality Assurance ()
Description
Publications:
Assuring Quality ... CI Tools of the Trade May/June 2007
Combining and Reporting Analytical Results
- outcome of the 6-8 March 2006
International APAT - IUPAC Workshop on Combining and reporting analytical results
- The Use of Matrix Reference Materials in Environmental Analytical Processes, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999
- Principles and Practice of Method Validation, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000
- Terminology in soil sampling (IUPAC Recommendations 2005), Pure Appl. Chem. 77(5), 827-841, 2005
- Combining and Reporting Analytical Results, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006
Subcommittees and Commissions
None
Terms of Reference
- To harmonize the general approaches on the quality assurance requirements for analytical laboratories between different IUPAC Divisions and Commissions.
- To collect information on all aspects of quality assurance, quality management, quality systems, total quality management and conformity assessment of quality systems currently in practice in analytical laboratories.
- To harmonize requirements on quality assurance and quality management systems in analytical laboratories set out by other international, regional or national organizations (ISO, WHO, FAO, IAEA, CEN, AOAC International, NATA, EURACHEM, CITAC, etc.).
- To provide a channel of communication between IUPAC and ISO/REMCO (ISO Committee for Reference Materials) concerning availability, needs, production and use of reference materials.
- To assist analytical laboratories in Developing Countries to achieve their desired quality of work through proper application of international standards and guides related to the fields above. This work is to be carried out in close co-operation with other international organizations, especially ISO/DEVCO (ISO Committee on Developing Countries).
- To provide support in scientific matters to ISO.