INTERDIVISIONAL WORKING PARTY ON HARMONIZATION OF QUALITY
ASSURANCE
Number: 501/9/97
Title: Compilation and Clarification of Quality Assurance Related
Nomenclature
Series: Quality Assurance
Coordinator(s): D.
Holcombe, P. DeBievre
and A. Fajgelj
Remarks: Interest for cooperation already expressed by Division
VII, Clinical Chemistry Section.
Completion Date: 1999
Objective:
Definitions related to quality assurance, quality control, reference
materials, analytical chemistry, related statistics, etc., are spread
over IUPAC publications, number of ISO standards and guides, documents
of other international organizations (WHO, EURACHEM, etc.). The objective
of this project is to prepare an index which lists terms alphabetically
and indicates in which source document(s) the definition(s) of the term
can be found, if indeed definition(s) exist. Related activities: Compilation
to be published in an appropriate international journal (e.g. Journal
for Accreditation and Quality Assurance) to be internationally reviewed
and elaborated. After having this compilation in hand it would be possible
for the IUPAC to propose the most appropriate term(s) to be generally
used taking into account expected future changes of definitions of VIM
(International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology).
Progress:
Project Completed - The result of the project is a compilation
of approximately 1400 terms from 18 literature sources - mainly standards,
in alphabetical order with identification of the source where the term
can be found as well as an indication whether the definition of the
same term in different sources is the same or not. Compilation entitled
: 'Terminology and definitons: Alphabetical index of defined terms and
where they can be found Part I, II and III' are published in the journal
Accreditation
and Quality Assurance in three parts:
- Accred Qual Assur 4 (1999)
12, pp. 525-530 > abstract
- Accred Qual Assur 5 (2000)
2, pp. 77-82 > abstract
- Accred Qual Assur 5 (2000)
4, pp. 159-164 > abstract
Compilation might be used as a source of information
also at the discussion on the revision of VIM (Vocabulary on Basic and
General Terms in Metrology). This work was completely carried out by
D. Holcombe, LGC UK.
Last update: 1 June 2000