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Quality management system and accreditation of measurements in a surface science laboratory: the case study of MiNALab

Authors :
Federico Pecoraro
Mario Barozzi
Erica Iacob
Lia Vanzetti
Salvatore Gennaro
Damiano Giubertoni
Giancarlo Pepponi
Michele Fedrizzi
Mauro Bortolotti
Massimo Bersani
Source :
Surface and Interface Analysis. 46:927-930
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Wiley, 2014.

Abstract

With the continuously increasing demand for traceable and often accredited measurements in the scientific community, the quality management of laboratory activity according to international ISO standards can be a valuable and proficient solution. In this paper, we describe a decade of work in this direction. The implementation of quality management according to the ISO/IEC 17025 ‘General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’ in a surface science research-oriented analytical laboratory is presented. We analyze difficulties and drawbacks as well as benefits and permanent improvements that followed the accreditation, its maintenance, and extension to new methods. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Details

ISSN :
01422421
Volume :
46
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Surface and Interface Analysis
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........840b8947e1c88d37c64f732bc56e42d2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.5490