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AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17043:2025
[Current]Conformity assessment - General requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers
AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17043:2025 identically adopts ISO/IEC 17043:2023, which specifies general requirements for the competence and impartiality of proficiency testing (PT) providers and consistent operation of all proficiency testing schemes
Published: 29/08/2025
Pages: 35
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
4.1 Impartiality
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6
4.2 Confidentiality
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
5 Structural requirements
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
6 Resource requirements
6.1 General
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
6.2 Personnel
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
6.2.4
6.2.5
6.2.6
6.2.7
6.3 Facilities and environmental conditions
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.4 Externally provided products and services
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.4
6.4.5
6.4.6
7 Process requirements
7.1 Establishing, contracting and communicating the PT scheme objectives
7.1.1 Review of requests, tenders and contracts
7.1.1.1
7.1.1.2
7.1.1.3
7.1.1.4
7.1.1.5
7.1.2 PT scheme communication
7.1.2.1
7.1.2.2
7.1.2.3
7.2 Design and planning of a PT scheme
7.2.1 General
7.2.1.1
7.2.1.2
7.2.1.3
7.2.2 Statistical design
7.2.2.1
7.2.2.2
7.2.2.3
7.2.3 Determination of assigned values
7.2.3.1
7.2.3.2
7.2.3.3
7.2.3.4
7.2.3.5
7.3 Production and distribution of PT items
7.3.1 Production of PT items
7.3.1.1
7.3.1.2
7.3.1.3
7.3.2 Homogeneity and stability assessment of PT items
7.3.2.1
7.3.2.2
7.3.2.3
7.3.2.4
7.3.2.5
7.3.2.6
7.3.3 Handling and storage of PT items
7.3.3.1
7.3.3.2
7.3.3.3
7.3.3.4
7.3.4 Packaging, labelling and distribution of PT items
7.3.4.1
7.3.4.2
7.3.4.3
7.3.4.4
7.3.4.5
7.3.5 Instructions for participants
7.3.5.1
7.3.5.2
7.4 Evaluation and reporting of PT scheme results
7.4.1 Data analysis
7.4.1.1
7.4.1.2
7.4.1.3
7.4.1.4
7.4.1.5
7.4.1.6
7.4.2 Evaluation of performance
7.4.2.1
7.4.2.2
7.4.3 PT reports
7.4.3.1
7.4.3.2
7.4.3.3
7.4.3.4
7.4.3.5
7.4.3.6
7.4.3.7
7.5 Control of the PT scheme process
7.5.1 Technical records
7.5.1.1
7.5.1.2
7.5.1.3
7.5.2 Control of data and information management
7.5.2.1
7.5.2.2
7.5.2.3
7.5.2.4
7.5.2.5
7.5.2.6
7.5.3 Surveillance of the processes
7.5.4 Nonconforming work
7.5.4.1
7.5.4.2
7.5.4.3
7.6 Handling of complaints
7.6.1
7.6.2
7.6.3
7.6.4
7.6.5
7.6.6
7.6.7
7.6.8
7.6.9
7.7 Handling of appeals
7.7.1
7.7.2
7.7.3
7.7.4
7.7.5
7.7.6
7.7.7
8 Management system requirements
8.1 General requirements
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
8.1.4
8.2 Management system documentation
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.3 Control of management system documents
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.4 Control of records
8.4.1
8.4.2
8.4.3
8.5 Actions to address risks and opportunities
8.5.1
8.5.2
8.5.3
8.6 Improvement
8.6.1
8.6.2
8.7 Corrective actions
8.7.1
8.7.2
8.7.3
8.8 Internal audits
8.8.1
8.8.2
8.9 Management reviews
8.9.1
8.9.2
8.9.3
Annex A
A.1 General
A.1.1
A.1.2
A.1.3
A.2 Types of PT schemes
A.2.1
A.2.2
A.2.3
A.2.4
A.2.5
A.2.6
A.2.7
A.3 External quality assessment programmes
A.3.1
A.3.2
A.4 Alternative interlaboratory comparisons
A.4.1
A.4.2
A.4.3
A.4.4
Annex B
B.1 General
B.1.1
B.1.2
B.1.3
B.2 Assessment of PT item homogeneity and stability
B.2.1
B.2.2
B.2.3
B.2.4
B.2.5
B.3 Determination of the assigned value and its uncertainty
B.3.1
B.3.2
B.3.3
B.3.4
B.3.5
B.3.6
B.3.7
B.3.8
B.4 Calculation of performance statistics
B.4.1 Performance for quantitative results
B.4.1.1
B.4.1.2
B.4.1.3
B.4.1.4
B.4.2 Performance for nominal and ordinal results
B.4.2.1
B.4.2.2
B.4.2.3
B.4.2.4
B.4.2.5
B.4.3 Combined performance scores
B.4.3.1
B.4.3.2
B.4.3.3
B.5 Evaluation of performance
B.5.1 Performance in current PT round
B.5.1.1
B.5.1.2
B.5.1.3
B.5.1.4
B.5.2 Monitoring performance over time
B.5.2.1
B.5.2.2
B.5.2.3
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
[Current]
International vocabulary of metrology - Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
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