CALA International Document Review
As a full member to the APLAC and ILAC MRA’s, CALA is regularly required to provide comment, usually within 60 days of issue, on draft documents relating to policy, procedure and guidelines. Where the issue is of interest to the CALA membership, we shall post these documents below, requesting feedback by a certain date.
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Release Date
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Comment Due Date
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Title
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2008 |
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| 15 Apr 2008 | 09 May 2008 | Draft Version of ISO/IEC 17043 |
| Jan 2008 | 25 Feb 2008 | WHY ARE THESE TEST RESULTS SO DIFFERENT? The importance of testing methods in chemical and microbiological testing |
| Jan 2008 | 25 Feb 2008 | General Information on Uncertainty of Measurement |
2007 |
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| Feb 2007 | 10 Apr 2007 | APLAC Guidelines on Assessing Laboratories and Inspection Bodies to Meet Foreign Regulatory Requirements |
2006 |
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| 30 Nov 2006 | 18 Dec 2006 | Educational Aspects Of Proficiency Testing Programs |
| 02 Oct 2006 | 02 Nov 2006 | Draft ILAC Procedure for Handling Complaints |
| 09 Aug 2006 | 06 Oct 2006 | ILAC Guidelines for the Requirements for the Competence of Providers of Proficiency Testing Schemes ILAC-G13:2006 |
| 15 Sep 2006 | 22 Sep 2006 | M303 The Expression of Uncertainty and Confidence in Measurement |
| Document | Draft Version of ISO/IEC 17043 |
| Organization or Committee | CASCO WG 128 |
| CALA Contact | Ken Middlebrook |
| Comment Response Due | 09 May 2008 |
| CALA Comment | A draft version of ISO/IEC 17043 is available for comment. This is a new standard for the competence of Proficiency Testing providers. Although this standard is not specifically directed towards testing laboratories, it will impact proficiency testing providers that are used by testing laboratories to support accreditation. If you have any comments on this document, please forward them to Ken Middlebrook by May 9 2008. |
| Document | WHY ARE THESE TEST RESULTS SO DIFFERENT? The importance of testing methods in chemical and microbiological testing |
| Organization or Committee | APLAC Technical Committee |
| CALA Contact | Colleen Cotter |
| Comment Response Due | 25 Feb 2008 |
| CALA Comment | TC 011 is about the reproducibility of analytical methods. |
| Document | General Information on Uncertainty of Measurement |
| Organization or Committee | APLAC Technical Committee |
| CALA Contact | Colleen Cotter |
| Comment Response Due | 25 Feb 2008 |
| CALA Comment | The draft TC 010 document is a general APLAC guidance on the use and interpretations of uncertainty |
| Document | APLAC Guidelines on Assessing Laboratories and Inspection Bodies to Meet Foreign Regulatory Requirements |
| Organization or Committee | APLAC Technical Committee |
| CALA Contact | Ned Gravel |
| Comment Response Due | 10 Apr 2007 |
| CALA Comment | APLAC has asked for comments on this Technical Committee draft document TC 009 on assessing for compliance with foreign regulatory requirements. Please use the following table to submit comments. |
| Document | Educational Aspects Of Proficiency Testing Programs (.pdf) |
| Organization or Committee | ILAC Laboratory Committee |
| CALA Contact | Ken Middlebrook |
| Comment Response Due | 18 Dec 2006 |
| CALA Comment | The ILAC Laboratory Committee has asked for comment. Please send any comments to Ken Middlebrook who will coordinate comments on behalf of CALA members |
| Document | Draft ILAC Procedure for Handling Complaints (.zip) (No longer available) |
| Organization or Committee | ILAC Executive Committee |
| CALA Contact | Rick Wilson |
| Comment Response Due | 02 Nov 2006 |
| CALA Comment | "Draft ILAC Procedure for Handling Complaints" - is the revision of "ILAC S5:2005 - ILAC Procedure for Disputes, Complaints and Appeals" |
Organization or Committee |
ILAC Proficiency Testing Consultative Group (PTCG) |
CALA Contact |
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Comment Response Due |
06 Oct 2006 |
CALA Comment |
ILAC:G13 is the standard that applies to Proficiency Testing Providers and is the standard against which the CALA PT Program is accredited. |
M303 The Expression of Uncertainty and Confidence in Measurement (.pdf) |
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Organization or Committee |
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) |
CALA Contact |
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Comment Response Due |
22 Sep 2006 |
CALA Comment |
ILAC has asked for comments on this UKAS draft document. |