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A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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LABORATORY ACCREDITATION

FOREWORD

Increased emphasis is being placed on insuring the validity of laboratory

test results for realizing equity in the marketplace, for industrial product

quality control, for equitable enforcement in effecting compliance with

government regulations and for use in scientific research. Consequently, over

the past few years, a concerted effort has developed to identify laboratories

that are competent in the areas for which they conduct tests.

For many years government purchasing authorities and large industrial consumers have operated various forms of laboratory approval systems using

procedures for assessment ranging from "none" to "excessive demands" in order

to provide assurance that the items purchased meet specifications. Recently,

these efforts have started to evolve into more organized and effective

assessment procedures for determining a laboratory's competence (the system now referred to as "laboratory accreditation"). The term "laboratory

accreditation" has gained broad acceptance as meaning a formal recognition

that a laboratory is competent to carry out specific tests or tvpes of tests.

In addition to the pressure from individual consumers for assuring

quality products within a country, a major driving force for the development

of national laboratory ac :reditation systems is the potential use of test data

from credible laboratories to facilitate international trade. The complexity

of modern society is influenced as much by trade interdependence as by the

sophistication of the products being traded. Market shares for many products

in almost all countries are shifting each year. Consumers frequently see new sources for both familiar and new products. The reliance on product testing

helps assure that products from new sources are acceptable in new markets;

however, m order to assume that the products meet the requirements or the

specifications in the receiving country, there is often a preference that

testing of those products be conducted in the receiving country rather than in

the exporting country. At present, recognition of accredited laboratories

seldom extends beyond national boundaries, and there is widespread reluctance

to accept tests carried out in other countries. This attitude leads to

duplication of tests, resulting in significant barriers to trade.

The International Conference on Laboratory Accreditation fILAC), which

seeks to obtain recognition of national programs for the accreditation of

testing laboratories, was formed in 1977 to facilitate international trade in

products or services for ^hich reliable reports of test data are needed prior

to their importation and/or exportation. At the third ILAC Conference in

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Sydney (1979), considerable discussion centered on channels of communication

to promote and accommodate the exchange of information on laboratory

accreditation systems and the attending technologies. Having decided during

the preceding IL AC Conference in Washington (1978) to promote the development

of a directory of national testing arrangements and testing laboratory

accreditation systems, the Conference took an additional step to enhance the

exchange of information concerning laboratory accreditation systems. A

resolution was passed stating "That a Task Force be established to

prepare a bibliography of published information of interest to organizations

operating or considering establishment of testing laboratory accreditation

systems." The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) of the United States was requested to undertake this task. NBS, highly interested in laboratory

evaluation technology and accreditation systems, agreed to develop the

bibliography with the cooperation of the conference delegates.

James 0. Bryson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Individuals in 16 countries responded to the request for references to

published documents for inclusion in this bibliography. Preparing the

bibliography was accomplished by the authors, who are responsible for the

compilation.. Responsibility for its comprehensiveness must be shared with its

contributors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

INTRODUCTION 1

PUBLICATIONS

Part I - Country 4

Australia 4

Canada 8

Denmark 11 France 14

Germany 15

Great Britain 17

India 22

Ireland 24

Italy 25

Republic of Korea 29

Mexico 30

New Zealand 32

South Africa 34

Sweden 35

United States 36

International 54

Part II - Subject

I Program, Schemes and Systems

II Conference Proceedings

Ill Directories

IV Histories

V Documented Statutory Authority for the System

VI Publications Listing (Catalogs) of Accreditation

Organi zations

VII Documented Criteria for Laboratory Accreditation

VIII Lists of Laboratories Approved by an Accreditation

Organization

IX Annual Report

X Descriptive Literature of the Accrediting Organization. . . XI Test Methods and Test Procedures

XII Accreditation Program by Discipline or Test Method

XIII Accreditation Program Procedural Forms

XIV Laboratoi y Examination Procedures

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XV Laboratory Examiner Qualifications 76

XVI Examiner Training 76

XVII Proficiency Testing 77

XVIII Determination of Accreditation Test Fees 77

XIX Principles of Laboratory Accreditation 77

Part III - Date 78

1957 ... 79

1962 ... 79

1969 ... 79

1970 ... 79

1971 ... 80

1972 ... 80

1974 ... 80

1975 ... 81

1976 ... 82

1977 ... 83

1978 ... 85

1979 ... 87

1980 ... 91

1981 ... 96

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INTRODUCTION

This bibliography was prepared by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards

at the request of and in cooperation with the International Laboratory

Accreditation Conference (ILAC). The purpose of this work is to promote and

accommodate the exchange of worldwide information concerning laboratory

accreditation and related subjects.

A letter was sent to all delegates who had attended at least one of the

I LAC Conferences through 1980; it requested submission of published material

for inclusion in the bibliography. A total of 209 documents were received

from 16 different countries.

The criteria for incorporation of material in the ILAC Bibliography on Laboratory Accreditation, as approved by ILAC are shown below:

Conditions for Entry

V. The material to be included in the Bibliography must be published

material (unrestricted distribution) from a government agency,

organization, conmittee, or individual which operates or is

associated with 'he operation of an accreditation system for the

assessment of te'.ting 1 aboratories. The agency, organization,

committee, or individual may represent or be affiliated with a national government, state government, local government,

quasi-government body, private organization or business enterprise.

2. The agency, organization, committee, or individual stated in (1) need

not be a member of or associated with ILAC.

3. Material submitted for the Bi bl i ography may include documents

promulgated by a defunct agency, organization or committee provided

it complied with the criteria in (1) at the time it was operational.

4. For each item submitted for the bibliography, one copy of the

document must be forwarded to NBS for retention in its files.

The bibliography is a compilation of annotated references to published

information in several di : ferent languages. The titles of the referenced

documents are presented in the language in which published, with English

translations provided for non-English titles. All abstracts are in English.

The format for the bibliography is designed to facilitate the user's

search for references to information by Country, by Subject Heading, and by

Date of Publication - thus, a 3-part arrangement. In Part 1 (Country) the

references are grouped unier the organiz ation(s) with which they are associated, such as the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) in

Australia. The United States section is divided into 3 groups: Federal

Government Agencies, State and Local Government Agencies, and Private

Organizations. The references in each case give the title, author (if cited

in the material), language of the document, date of publication, and a brief

abstract of the information in the document. In Part 2 (Subject) the

references, without annotation, are grouped by subject heading as presented

under the Scope of the Bi al i ography. In Part 3 (Chronological Listing) the

references, without annotation, are presented in the order of the date of

publ i cation.

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The Scope of the Bibliography

Contents Cover the Following Categories:

I. Programs, schemes, and systems.

II. Conference proceedings.

III. Directories.

IV. Histories of the organization.

V. Documented statutory authority for the system.

VI. Publications listings (catalogs) of accreditation organizations.

VII. Documented criteria for laboratory accreditation:

a. Eligibility (geographical, affiliation, etc.)

b. Test procedures

c. Test equipment

d. Personnel qualifications

e. Quality assurance (quality control, laboratory operations)

f. Laboratory records system

g. Laboratory management

VIII. Published lists of laboratories approved by an accreditation

organization.

IX. Annual reports.

X. Descriptive literature of the accrediting organization.

XI. Test methods and test procedures.

XII. Accreditation program description by discipline or test method.

XIII. Accreditation program procedural forms.

XIV. Laboratory examination procedures.

XV. Laboratory examiner qualifications.

XVI. Examiner training.

XVII. Proficiency testing procedures.

XVIII. Determination of accreditation fees.

XIX. Principles of laboratory accreditation.

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Part I

COUNTRY

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Part I

COUNTRY

AUSTRALIA

National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)

688 Pacific Highway, Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia 2067

Memorandum and Articles of Association of National Association of Testing

Authorities, Australia

In Engl ish

June 1957

Abstract: The Memorandum and Articles of Association for the founding of

the National Association of Testing Authorities.

Metallographic and Allied Tests

In English

October 1962

Abstract: Describes the NATA requirements for registration of

laboratories for metallographic and allied tests.

NATA Rules

In English

June 1974

Abstract: Provides detailed information on the Memorandum of Association,

articles of Association and by-laws of NATA.

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement - Requirements for Registration

In Engl ish

May 1976

Abstract: Describes requirements for NATA registration of laboratories in

the field of Acoustic and Vibration Measurement. This booklet is

published by direction of the Council, on the recommendation of the

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement Registration Advisory Committee.

Report on Milk Powder Pilot Interlaboratory Test

In Engl ish

October 1977

Abstract: The report covers the design, execution, results, statistical

analysis of results and conclusions of a Pilot Interlaboratory Test on dried milk powders conducted during July 1977. The exercise was essentially a feasibility study to assess the viability and usefulness of

establishing an ongoing program for testing of a broader range of dairy

products.

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Authorized Representatives of Registered Laboratories

In English

June 1977

Abstract: The members of NATA are the members of the Council and the

authorized representati ves of registered laboratories. This list covers

representati ves as of June 1977. The role and responsibilities of

authorized representatives are defined in the Associations Rules.

Authorized representat i ves have the right to nominate and to be candidates

for election to the Council and to vote in those elections.

NATA - A Progress Report - The First Twenty-five years

In English

1977

Abstract: Describes the formation and development of National Association

of Testing Authorities from 1947 to 1972, the first 25 years.

Biological Testing

In English

January 1978

Abstract: The field covers examination for sterility, biological

condition or effectiveness of cultures, foods, bactericides, insecticides,

pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, waters, effluents and other materials and

products. It includes tests in environmental biology, phycology, human

and animal pathology, mycology and related disciplines.

Mechanical Testing

In English

July 1978

Abstract: The mechanical testing field covers mechanical and related

tests on materials, products and assemblies, climatic and durability

tests, automotive and industrial safety tests, fluid mechanics,

performance tests on tools and machinery, calibration of mechanical

testing equipment, and metal 1 ography.

International Conference on Recognition of National Systems for Accreditation

of Testing Laboratories - First Report Task Force B In Engl ish

February 1979

Abstract: The first report of Task Force B, ILAC Conference held in

London in February 1979. The principal topic is the ILAC Directory of

Laboratory Accreditation Systems.

NATA and Your Laboratory

In English

July 1979

Abstract: This booklet explains some of the aspects of the organization

and work of the NATA most likely to interest those proposing to seek

accreditation of a laboratory.

The subjects discussed are connected with the administrative

organization of the Association and the manner in which the Association

deals with an application for registration. Technical aspects of

requirements for registration are discussed separately in a series of

booklets one for each field of testing in which registration is granted.

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Metro! oqy

In English

September 1979

Abstract: The field of Metrology is one of nine fields of testing in

which NATA's laboratory accreditation system is currently organized.

The field covers engineering metrology, which deals with the

determination of size, angle, shape and with the examination of

instruments and machines used in such determinations, and also physical

metrology which deals with such attributes as mass, volume and density and

with the examination of instruments used in checking these attributes.

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement

In English

January 1980

Abstract: The field covers those tests which require measurement and

analysis of sound pressure levels and signals proportional to

acceleration, velocity, and displacement. It includes measurement of

environmental noise and mechanical vibration, calibration of acoustic and

vibration measuring equipment, acoustic and vibration characteristics of

materials and structures, audiometry, measurement of sound power, acoustic

and vibration performance tests and dynamic balancing.

Heat and Temperature Measurement

In English

January 1980

Abstract: The field of Heat and Temperature Measurement covers those

tests which require measurement of heat flow, temperature or humidity. It

includes calibration of temperature or humidity measuring equipment,

examples of heated enclosures, and tests on building materials and

structures, fire prevention systems, etc.

A Directory of Laboratories Accredited by NATA

In English

June 1980

Abstract: NATA Directory is a listing of NATA registered Laboratories in

accordance with the types of products tested and the testing disciplines

associated with each laboratory.

NATA Annual Report - Laboratory Accreditation is Indeed a Serious

International Issue

In English

September 1980

Abstract: The NATA annual report for 1980 provides program information on registration of laboratories, advisory committees, member service,

international cooperation, NATA staff, the ILAC conference, financial

report, and the Director's statutory report.

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Reliability, Accuracy, Consistency, Control

In English

Undated

Abstract: Provides a general overview of the requirements for

reliability, accuracy, consistency and control which are necessary for

testing laboratories registered by NATA. A general description of the

fields of testing is provided.

Australia's Laboratory Accreditation System

In English

Undated

Abstract: The brochure briefly describes the NATA laboratory registration

program and provides names and addresses for further information.

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CANADA

Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

350 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIR 7S8

The Standards Council of Canada Act , Suppl . 1, Chapter 41

In English

1969-70

Abstract: The Act establishes the Standards Council of Canada. It

defines the membership, objects and powers, organization, staff,

financial, audit and reporting.

Certified Concrete Testing Laboratories

In English

June 1978

Abstract: List of concrete testing laboratories certified by SCC as of

June 1978. Also list the type of certification for which the lab has

qual if ied.

National Standards System - Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of

Testing TFgamz ati ons . CAN-P-4

In English

June 1978

Abstract: This document records the generic criteria, requirements and

procedures for all testing organizations seeking accreditation from the

Standards Council of Canada.

Canada and International Standardization

In English

January 1979

Abstract: The brochure briefly describes the SCC and its responsibilities

in the area of international standards.

The National Standards Systems of Canada

In Engl ish

July 1979

Abstract: The brochure describes briefly the components of the National

Standards System: The Standards-Writing Organization, Testing and

Certification Organiz ation, International Standardization Organizations

and Liaison Organizations.

Certified Welding Inspection Organizations

In Engl ish

December 1979

Abstract: List of qualified Welding Inspection Organizations.

Organizations are certified according to product categories and Test

Methods. Product categories refer to certain applications such as buildings, bridges, pressure vessels; while Test Methods include, visual,

radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and

mechanical testing.

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Annual Report 1979-1980

In English

June 1980

Abstract: The tenth annual report of the Standards Council of Canada for

the fiscal year 1979-1980 deals with the next phase in the evolution of

Canada's National Standards System. Some of the keywords for the 1980's

are certification, testing, harmonization, adoption of international

standards, reference to standards, implementation of standards.

Into the Second Decade - The National Standards System of Canada (CAN-P-5A)

In English

October 1980

Abstract: A brochure which describes the Standards System, and the

accomplishments since 1976.

The Standards Council of Canada

In English

November 1980

Abstract: The brochure describes the Council, its object. National and

International relationships. Advisory Committees, Information Service and

address

.

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Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

178 Rexdale Boulevard, Rexdale, Ontario

Canada, M9W 1R3

Certified Concrete Testing Laboratories

In English

June 1978

Abstract: List of concrete testing laboratories certified by CSA as of

June 1978. Also, list the type of certification for which the lab has

qual if ied.

Certified Welding Inspection Organizations (Canadian Welding Bureau, 254

Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4S 1A9)

In English

December 1979

Abstract: List of qualified Welding Inspection Organizations.

Organizations are certified by CWB according to product categories and

Test Methods. Product categories refer to certain applications such as buildings, bridges, pressure vessels; while Test Methods include, visual,

radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and

mechanical testing.

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DENMARK

National Testing Board

Bredgade 31, DK-1260, Kobenhavn, K, Denmark (Copenhagen)

Lov nr. 144 af 21. marts 1973 som aendret ved lov nr. 45 af 11. februar 1976 om Statens Tekniske Provenaevn

( Act no. 144 of 21st March, 1973 as amended by Act no. 45 of 11th.")

In Danish

February, 1976

Abstract: The act provides the legal basis for the function of The Danish

National Testing Board. It defines what by the act is understood by

"technical testing". The act defines the Board's coordinating functions

concerning technical testing in Denmark as well as the principal rules for

the operation of the accreditation scheme as well as the basic criteria

for accreditation. Further the act authorizes the Minister to appoint the

members of the Board setting up special qualifications for membership and

to issue relevant regulations for the activities of the Testing Board. By

the act a general obligation of secrecy is imposed on all persons acting

in the accreditation system.

The document is published in Danish, but will be available in English

translation on request.

Handel smini steriets bekendtqorelse nr. 77 af 24. februar 1976 om autorisation

af laboratorier til at udfore autoriseret teknisk provninq.

( "Statutory order on accreditation of laboratories for the execution of

accredited technical testing.")

In Danish

Abstract: The order is issued by the Minister of Trade persuant to the

Act on the Danish National Testing Board and lays down the conditions for

the Testing Board in operating the accreditation scheme, e.g.,

application, assessment and monitoring procedures, general criteria for

accreditation, requirements concerning test documents, secrecy, and

liability covered by insurance. Finally specific regulations are set up

for the Testing Board's withdrawal of accreditations.

The document is published in Danish, but will be available in English

translation on request.

Handelsministeriets cirkulaere nr. 56 af 22. marts 1976 om Statens Tekniske

Provenaevn oq dettes sam ar bejde med andre offentolige myndiqheder oq

institutioner m.v. ("Circular of the Ministry of Trade no. 56 of 22nd March, 1976 on The

Danish National Testing Board and its cooperation with other public

authorities and institutions.")

In Danish

Abstract: The circular contains regulations of the cooperation between

the Testing Board and other public authorities in the governmental

sector. For example, all such public authorities are obliged to ask the

opinion of the Testing Board when considering new legislation or new regulations requiring technical testing or setting up testing rules.

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Statens Tekniske Provenaevn - register over autoriserede laboratorier - arliqt..

("Danish National Testing Board - register of accredited laboratories.")

In Danish and English

Abstract: The register is published annually - normally end of January.

The register contains thorough information on each accreditation issued

with identification of the accredited laboratory, a specification of the

field of testing in question, information on the approved signatories, a specification of the services offered by the laboratory under the

accreditation, and a short description of special equipment used for

testing according to the accreditation. The essential part of the

information appears also in English.

Statens Tekniske Provenaevns arsberetning - arlig.

("The Danish National Testing Board - annual report."

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In Danish

Abstract: Up to 1979 the annual report of the Testing Board was published

as part of the annual register. The annual report for 1980 as well as future reports will form a separate section of the annual report of the

National Agency of Technology of the Ministry of Industry.

The annual report is available in Danish only.

Orientering om autorisationsordningen

("General Information on the Authorization Scheme.")

In Danish and Engl ish

Abstract: Contains information on the following items:

1. The Purpose of the Scheme.

2. The Need for the Scheme.

3. When May Authorization Be Granted?

4. Who May be Granted Authorization?

5. Definition of Testing Fields.

6. What Testing Methods Are Applicable?

7. How Applications for Authorization Are Considered.

8. What Are Laboratories Authorized To Do?

9. Requirements Applying to Technical Testing.

10. Checking and Supervision of Authorized Laboratories.

11. Duty of Laboratories to Execute Tests.

Hvad er autoriseret teknisk provning og hvorledes opnas autorisation?

("What is accredited technical testing and how is accreditation obtained?"

)

In Danish

Hvor far De deres produkter provet?"

("How to get your products tested.")

In Danish

Testing of Electronic Equi pme nt and Components

In Engl ish

October 1980

Danish Research Center for Applied Electronics

Abstract: Description of facilities and types of testing performed on electronic equipment and component.

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International Conference on Recognition of National Programs for Testing

Laborator ies

In Engl ish

October 1977

Abstract: Program of the ILAC-77 Conference

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FRANCE

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

2 Rue Andre Pascal

75775 Paris Cedex 16, France

OECD Decision of the Council Concerning the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the

Assessment of Chemicals (C ( 51 ) 30 (FinaTTI

In French and English

May 12, 1981

Abstract: The Council : "decides that data generated in the testing of

chemicals in an OECD Member country in accordance with OECD Test

Guidelines and OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice shall be

accepted in other OECD Member countries for purposes of assessment and

other uses relating to the protection of man and the environment."

OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice

In French and English

May 12, 1981

Abstract: The OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice were adopted by

the OECD Council on 12th May, 1981, in the form of an OECD Recommendation

to Member countries (C(81) 30 (Final)).

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is concerned with the organisational

process and the conditions under which laboratory studies are planned,

performed, monitored, recorded and reported.

Good Laboratory Practice is a concept of laboratory management and

practice with the objective of maintaining and promoting the quality of

test data. It should be emphasized that Good Laboratory Practice does not

interface with the exercise of scientific knowledge.

These Principles of Good Laboratory Practice have been developed

primarily for the testing of chemicals, but the broad principles could be

applied to any testing activity.

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GERMANY

VDE Testing and Approvals Institute

Mer i anstrasse 28, D-6050 Offenbach/Main, Germany, F.R.

PM1Q6 - Directions for the Approvals Procedure of the VDE-Pruf stel 1 e; The

issue of licenses to use the Radio Protection Mark for electrical products

according to VDE 0872 and VDE 0875.

In German

Abstract: Section 2 in this document describes the procedure for the

accreditation of manufacturer's laboratories for the measurement of radio

interference suppression of electrical products according to VDE 0872 and

VDE 0875, i.e. radio and TV sets and household equipment. Published in

the electrotechnical journal ETZ-B vol . 19, 1967. Reprinted several times

with minor editorial amendments in the VDE series, VDE-Schriftenreihe No.

25 and 16.

Wie wird man anerkannter Hersteller fur elektronische Bauelemente? ETZ-B Vol.

27, Peter Traugott ("How Does One Become a Recognized Manufacturer for

Electrical Components")

In German

1975

Abstract: In this paper the author describes how to become an approved

manufacturer for electronics components within the harmonized quality

assurance system for electronics components organized by the CECC (CENELEC

Committee for electronic components).

Richtlinien fur die Anerkennung und Bezeichung von Pruf-und

Uberwachungsstellen ("Guidelines for the Accreditation and Designation for

Laboratories for Testing and Inspection")

In German

1974

Abstract: The document presents the rules for accreditation of test

houses (labs) and supervising bodies in connection with the relevant

Deutsches Institute fur Normung (DIN) standards.

Richtlinien fur die Erteilung des DIN-Pruf. und Uberwachungszeichens.

("Guidelines for the Distribution of the DIN Testing and Inspection Logo")

Vom 1.1.1975

In German

1975

Abstract: Rules for licensing laboratories for testing and supervision in

accordance with DIN standards.

DIN-Pruf-Uberwachungszeichen. Vom. 21. ("DIN Testing and Inspection Logo")

In German

May 1975

Abstract: Rules for licensing laboratories for testing and supervision in

accordance with DIN standards.

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Gesamtverzeichnis ("General Directory")

In German

1979

Abstract: Directory of labs accredited by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur

Warenkennzeichnung Gmb H. The DIN standards and the products are also

1 i sted.

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GREAT BRITAIN

British Calibration Service - National Physical Laboratory - National Testing Laborator y Accreditation Scheme (NATLAS)

Teddington, Hliddlesex, TW1 I0LW

British Calibration Service Publications List

In English

October 1979

Abstract: Booklet listing titles of all BCS publications, leaflets, and

film, together with order form.

British Calibration Service Publications

In English

Abstract: A loose-leaf binder containing all BCS publications including

copies of participation enquiry forms, application forms for approval,

etc., general criteria for laboratory approval; criteria for approval in

varaious fields of measurement and guidance publications. It is normally

available only to BCS approved laboratories. Regularly updated.

British Calibration Service Directory

In English

Abstract: A loose-leaf binder containing full details of each laboratory

approved by BCS. Includes detailed schedule of the measurements for which

each laboratory is approved together with the related best measurement

capability. Individual schedules and index etc., are regularly updated.

Available on subscription.

British Calibration Service - List of Approved Laboratories

In Engl ish

May 1 980-Apri 1 1981

Abstract: A booklet with addresses, telephone and telex numbers of all

BCS Approved Laboratories. Includes names of Heads of Laboratory and

their Deputies and fields of measurements for which the laboratories are approved.

About the British Calibration Service

In Engl ish

March 1978

Abstract: Leaflet aimed at answering the questions of prospective

approved 1 aboratori es . Available in English and translated into 17 other

1 anguages.

British Calibration Service - Annual Report 1978

In Engl ish

January 1979

Abstract: Reports on the names and activities of BCS staff and technical

panels during the year together with the number of certificates issued and

measurement audits completed and the titles of publications issued.

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NATLAS - National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme

In English

April 1981

Abstract: A prospectus describing the NATLAS.

National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (NATLAS) To Be Launched

In English

May 13, 1981

Abstract: A press notice from the Department of Industry announcing the

start of the NATLAS on October 22, 1981. It includes a description of the

scheme.

NATLAS Accreditation Standard-Criteria of Competence To Be Met By Testing

Laboratories

In English

May 1981

Abstract: The document describes the requirements for Testing

Laboratories, irrespective of the different technologies involved; it covers their organization, staff qualifications, accommodation, test

equipment, calibration, record keeping, and the issuing of reports.

Additional requirements may be specified by the Accrediting Authority

depending upon the specific character of the task of the Testing

Laboratory.

NATLAS Regul ations-Regul at ions To Be Met By Testing Laboratories

In Engl ish

May 1981

Abstract: The granting, maintenance, and renewal of accreditation will be

afforded only to Testing Laboratories which comply with these Regulations

and the relevant criteria of competence specified by NATLAS.

NATLAS Assessor Acceptability Standard-Criteria To Be Met By Laboratory

Assessors

In Engl ish

May 1981

Abstract: The aim of this document is to set out criteria for the

acceptability of personnel required to undertake Testing Laboratory

Assessments. The document describes the criteria for Assessors and Lead

Assessors, irrespective of the technologies involved. Additional or alternative criteria may be specified by the Accrediting Authority,

depending upon the specific character of the Testing Laboratory to be

assessed.

Proposed Basis of Operation of the Scheme as Endorsed By the Advisory Council

on Calibration and Measurement In English

February 26, 1981

Abstract: A report of the Steering Committee on the purpose, aims, and

procedures of NATLAS.

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The Conduct of NATLAS Assessments (Draft)

In Engl T s

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May 1981

Abstract: Information giving general guidance to assessors on how to

carry out an assessment and to provide information on the conduct of

assessments for testing laboratories. (Draft)

Guidance for NATLAS Assessors (Draft)

In English

May 1981

Abstract: This Guide is prepared for assessors and supplements the

general guidance provided in the paper "The Conduct of NATLAS

Assessments." It comprises a list of questions and topics which assessors

might raise during the course of an assessment.

British Standards Institute (BSI)

Head Office, 2 Park Street, London, WIA2BS

System for the Registration of Test Houses of Assessed Capability

In Engl ish

Undated

Abstract: The working documents for the system for the Registration of

Test Houses of Assessed Capability. The six parts set out certain

requirements, compliance with which will enable a firm to be listed in the

BSI Register, and general information on the operation of the system.

Names and Address of Those Test Houses Registered by BSI

In Engl ish

The Categories for which each of the Accredited Test Houses are Assessed

In English

Ministry of Defense - Procurement Executive

The Adelohi John Adam Street, London, WCZN6BB

Quality Control Requirements for Test House and Laboratory Organizations

In Engl ish

January 1, 1976 DEF STAN0I -32/1

Abstract: The standard prescribes the minimum quality control

requirements for test house and laboratory organizations which supply a service or testing, analysis, measurement or calibration, to ensure that

such services conform to contract or purchase order requirements.

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Lloyd's Register of Shipping & Industrial

Services Directory, Croyden, England

Lloyd's Register of Shippi ng - Committee List, Staff List and Addresses of

Offices

In Engl ish

July 1980

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Annual Report 1979

In English

April 1980

Abstract: Contains the annual Chairman's statement. World Shipbuilding

Report, Technical Reports, Special Report: Keeping to Class by Computer;

Around the World and the LR Committees.

The Magazine of Lloyd's Register of Shipping - 100A1

In English

July 1980

Abstract: A copy of the regular monthly magazine of LRS for July 1980.

Computer Services of Lloyd's Register

In English

1979

Abstract: A brochure describing the computer services and facilities

available to LR's clients.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - "Lloyd's Register Today"

In Engl ish

January 1979

Abstract: A brochure describing the many services provided by Lloyd's

Register of Shipping.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Industrial Services

In Engl ish

October 1980

Abstract: A brochure which outlines LR's facilities for carrying out

inspection of industrial plant and equipment, and indicates the scope of

services available to clients.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Offshore Services

In English

January 1979

Abstract: A brochure describing the classification and certification by

Lloyds Register of all types of offshore equipment.

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Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Extra Services for the Shipowner

In English

August 1980

Abstract: A brochure describing the specification services of Lloyd's

Register available to shipowner's. The services fall into seven categories:

Preparation of tender specs, for new ships

Assessment of shipbuilder's tender proposals

Appraisal of constructural drawings

Supervision during ship construction

Supervision during manufacturing and installation of marine equipment

and machinery

Supervision during conversion or major repairs

Assessment of classification society records of existing ships

Approved Container Thermal Stations

In Engl ish

undated

Approved Radiographic Establishments

In English

undated

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INDIA

Department of Science and Technology

New Delhi, 110012

Report of the Committee on National Testing Facilities

In English

December 1975

Abstract: A study and analysis of the various testing facilities in India

and recommendations on the establishment of a National Testing and

Calibration Service.

Commonwealth Science Council - Regional (Asia/Pacific) Metrology Programme

Directory of Calibration Services - CSC (79) MS-5

In English

August 1979

Compiled by: S. E. Beiliss and J. H. Buckingham

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Physics and Engineering Lab.

Directory of Testing Facil i

t

ies in India - 1980

Commonwealth Regional Metrology Programme

In English

Country Papers and Technical Papers - Presented at Regional (Asia/Pacific)

Project Group Meeting on Collaboration in Measurement Standards, Nov. 21 - Dec. 2, 1977; New Delhi: Commonwealth Science Council, CSC (77) MS-2

Systems Approach to Standardization

Lai C. Verman and H. C. Visvesvaraya

In Engl ish

1976

Reprinted from ISI Bulletin, Vol . 28, No. 7, p. 280-286 and No. 8, p. 327-332

Abstract: Peering in the various facets of standardization and its

application in different fields, the authors conceive standardization as a "system of systems" providing as it does the basic structure for all

systems including industry, economy, manufacturing, arts, education,

management, and social customs. They analyze various components and

sub-components of standardization system and their interrel ation and

interaction with other systems, and present a fascinating overall systems

view of standardization as also of the attributes of an ideal national

standards system in keeping with a given set of parameters and objectives.

Integrated Plan for Standardisation in Electronics

S. L. Sarnot

In English

January 1977

Electronics-Information ard Planning, Vol. 4, No. 4

Abstract: This report describes an approach to standardization, testing

and approval which needs to be followed to achieve the objective of

producing high quality and cost competitve electronic items in India.

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Report of the Panel on Guidelines for Standardisation in Electronics

In English

May 1977

Electronics-Information and Planning, Vol. 4, No. 8

Role of Precision Measurements in Standardization and Quality Assurance of

Electronic Component and Equipment

K. Chandra

In English

1980

Reprinted from Dr. Lai C. Verman Commemorative Issue of Journal of the

Institution of Electronics and Telecommuniction Engineers, Vol. 26, No. 8,

1980, p. 477-481

Abstract: During manufacturing process, various types of measuring

instruments are employed for inspection of materials and compoents,

inspection of parts during production and assembly, testing of

sub-assemblies and final evaluation of industrial product. These

measuring instruments have to be periodically checked against more accurate reference instruments of the factory which, in turn, are to be

calibrated by recognized calibration laboratories. Several organizations

are engaged in this important task of calibration and testing which is so vital for standardization and quality assurance. These organizations have

been grouped into "Three Echelons" depending upon the level of accuracy of

measurement. The National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi is the apex body

in this system with statutory responsibility of establishment and

maintenance of national standards of measurements and of providing

calibration service at the highest accuracy in the country. The present

status of Echelon I Standards of electronic measurements and calibration

facilities available at N.P.L. are briefly reporting in this paper.

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IRELAND

Institute for Industrial Research and

Standards (IIRS). Dublin, Ireland

Ballymum Road, Dublin 9, Ireland

Why We Must Accredit Testing Laboratories

In English

Conor O'Toole, Manager, International Affairs, IIRS Technology Ireland,

January 1980

Abstract: Rationale to support a program to accredit testing laboratories

in Ireland and the economic importance to International Trade. Various

fields of testing (disciplines) are proposed as a basis for establishing a laboratory accreditation program.

Irish Department of Agriculture

Scheme of Approval of Veterinary Laboratories as Approved Laboratories for the

Examination and Certification of Specimens for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)

In Engl ish

"

February 1979

Abstract: Criteria for the evaluation and certification of laboratories

that test and certify specimens of Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM).

Application for the recognition of a laboratory as an Approved Laboratory for

the bacteriological examination and certification of specimens' for Contagious

Equine Metritis (CEM)

In English

1979

Abstract: Application and certification for use by a laboratory that

desires to be approved for the testing and certification of specimens of

Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM).

Irish Department of Agriculture - Request for testing of specimen for

Contagious Equine Metritis (CEFTT

In Engl ish

1979

Abstract: Request form for owners of equines to request the testing and

certification of specimens for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) by

approved laboratories.

Irish Department of Agriculture - List of Approved Laboratories (CEM)

In Engl ish

1980

Abstract: List of approved labs for the bacteriological examination and

certification of specimens for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM).

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ITALY

Istituto El ettrotecrrico Nazionale ( I EN

)

"Galileo Ferraris" - Strada delle Cacce 91 10135 Torino, Italy

Istituto di Metrologia "Gustavo Colonnetti , " (1MGC), Torino, Italy

Struttura ed organizzazione di un laboratorio metroloqico per 1'esecuzione di

misure dimensionali

.

("The configuration and organization of a metrological

laboratory for carrying out dimensional measurements.")

CANTA G., MORE I S., PANCIERA R., SARTORI S.

In Italian

Rivista di Meccanica, 29 (668), 1978: pp. 127 - 138.

Type: theoretical, survey.

Abstract: The requirements to be met by an industrial metrological

laboratory in order to carry out its tasks within the framework of a national calibration service are discussed in this article. The subject

is considered in general terms, but the examples supplied are taken from

the sector of dimensional metrology. After defining the characteristics

of first-level industrial standards, the AA, discuss the methods used to

check laboratory capacities, which are differentiated in active and

passive. The linking process that starts from the national primary

laboratory and makes it possible to produce a sequence of measures, all

mutually compatible, is finally analyzed in an attempt of process

optimization, with the view of establishing a satisfactory relationship

between measure uncertainty, cost, and a correct use of the existing means.

Primary and secondary calibration centres.

PERISSI R.

In English

In: Proc. Insymet '78, Bratislava, 1978: pp. 107 - 116.

Type: survey.

Abstract: Dissemination, at all levels, of the SI units is made possible

only through comparison and certification of primary and secondary

standards, mainly intended for industrial laboratories. Today in Italy,

the study, realization, custody and dissemination of the standards of the

SI units are the responsibility of primary metrological institutes, which

work in the field of scientific metrology and coordinate this activity

with that of the metrological laboratories in other countries. In the

field of temperature metrology, there exist a number of industrial

laboratories already working in strict cooperation with primary

institutes. The analysis made in the text considers their conditions

(sector of activity, measurement uncertainty, instrumentation, etc.), as well as personnel, equipment, time and financial requirements for the

introduction of these laboratories, after approval, into a Calibration

Service established with the express purpose of delegating calibrations

and verifications of in industrial character to secondary Calibration

Centres.

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Ad un buon livello i laboratori metroloqici Italiani. ("At a satisfactory

level the Italian metrological laboratories.")

CANTA G., MOREI S., PANCIERA R., SARTOR I S.

In Italian

Rivista di meccanica, 24 (662), 1978: pp. 51 - 61.

Type: experimental, survey.

Abstract: The article collects the results of measurements made on length

standards, with the view of giving a documentation of the traceability, at

both national and international levels, of the measures produced in the

field of dimensional metrology in Italy. The results of direct and

indirect international comparisons of optical standards (crypton lamp and

iodine stablized lasers) are supplied initially, though they were dealt

with in previous publications. The possibility of correctly passing from

optical standards to mechanical end--and line--gauges is documented by the

satisfactory results of international audits on such standards, carried

out by national primary laboratories. With mechanical standards,

agreement between the Italian Metrology Institute and the corresponding

British and Western Germany Institutes is ensured within uncertainties

lying between 10-6 and 3 . 10~7. The article finally gives and

analyzes the measures obtained in industrial laboratories in Italy and in

other European countries, within the framework of a comparison program.

The comparison results, too, demonstrated that measures compatible with

the reference values within the stated uncertainties can be produced by

Italian laboratories.

II servizio di taratura in Italia. ("About calibration service in Italy.")

PEKTSSn?.', PASTA M.

In Italian

La Termotecnica, 33, 1979: pp. 154 - 155.

Type: survey.

Abstract: In 1977 IMGC and IEN (Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale), in

their capacity as Primary Metrological Laboratories, started work for the

approval of a number of industrial and public 1 aboratories, with the final

aim of establishing a National Calibration Service. Possible developments

of this initiative are examined in the light of the procedures applied by

other countries serving as examples. Expenditure and expected benefits

for both the approved laboratory and the primary laboratory are also

discussed.

Circolazione di campioni viaggiatori. ("The circulation of travelling

standards. "

)

MARCARINO P., PERISSI R.

In Italian

In: Memorie del 34o Congr. Nazionale ATI, Palermo, 1979. Assoc.

Termotecnica Ital . , Sezione sicula, 1979, vol . 2, pp. 249 - 272.

Type: experimental, survey.

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Abstract: Traceability to primary standards of the SI system units

through transfer standards is the only solution that guarantees and

safeguards the accuracy levels of the different secondary measurement

laboratories. The article discusses the subject of the approval and

reliability of the Calibration Centres of the Calibration Service in

Italy, specific reference being made to transfer standards circulation.

Mention is made of international audits, which also concern Italian

laboratories, in the sector of thermometry, and the data of measurements

carried out with a Pt thermoresistance standard, which for the first time

was proposed and used by IMGC as an audit transfer standard, are analyzed

more extensively.

Gli impianti per la taratura dei misuratori di portata ed il Servizio di

Taratura in ItaliaT ("Flowmeter calibration facilities, and the Calibrat i on Service in Italy.")

CIGNOLO G., RIVETTI A.

In Italian

In: Memorie del 340 Congr. Nazionale ATI, Palermo, 1979. Associaz.

Termotecnica Ital., Sezione sicula, 1979, vol. 2, pp. 383 - 402.

Type: survey, experimental.

Abstract: After considering the increasing need for reliability and

accuracy of flow measurements in different application sectors, the paper

underlines the necessity for adequate calibration facilities capable of

working with the same fluids as those used in instrument operating

conditions. In consideration of the high cost of such facilities,

attention is drawn on the importance of a careful estimate of benefits,

disadvantages and attainable performances of each type: the main

characteristics of the various types of calibration facilities are therefore described. They are classified according to the measurement

method applied (absolute or comparison, weighing or volumetric methods),

and according to the way of operation (static or dynamic methods; in the

latter, fluids are measured when the facility is being run). In the same way as in any other metrological sector, it is essential that the accuracy

of calibration facilities should be checked periodically against other

analogous, or higher-accuracy, facilities through comparison cycles, in

order to guarantee compatibility of field measurements carried out with

the calibrated flowmeters. This exigency is particularly felt in the flow

measurement sector, as in the calibration of a flowmeter there is the

additional considerable contribution of an "uncertainty of interaction"

between instrument and facility, that can be evaluated empirically only by

mutual comparison of the calibration curves of the same standard

instrument made by means of numerous different facilities. To meet the

calibration requirements in fluid measurements, as well as in all the

other metrological sectors and ensure moreover calibration reliability

with verification and comparisons of the results of the different

laboratories, in nearly all the industrial countries appropriate

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interdisciplinary coordination bodies, the Calibration Services, are being

organized, which are themselves starting comparisons and mutual

international approval procedures. Finally, the paper supplies

information on the Calibration Service in Italy (now in an advanced stage

of organization) and, within the framework of this Service, on the IMGC

facilities in the specific sector of flow measurements.

La metrologia scientifica ed i laboratori metrologici primari e secondari in

Ital i a. ("Scientific Metrology and the Primary and Secondary Metrological

Laboratories in Italy.")

EGIDI C.

In Italian

IENGF - R. T. 274 febbraio 1980. Atti del XXI Congresso Nazionale AIRT,

Palermo 16-19 Ottobre 1979.

Type: survey.

Abstract: The paper is devoted to an audience of scientists working in

the field of ionizing radiations, most of them not particularly concerned

with metrology. Scientific and legal metrology: the basic date of 20th

May 1975 is recalled, when the Meter Convention was signed in Paris. The

Decimal Metric System and its evolution are remembered, through the MKSA

or Giorgy System, up to the present "SI." The basic units of the System

and the derived units are commented, as deduced from the list of relevant

Italian Standard "Norma CNR-UNI 10003-74": in particular, the units for

ionizing radiations are recalled. Changes to be expected soon and in the

near future are outlined. About the increasing importance of ionizing

radiations, resolution proposed and accepted at the 16th C.G.P.M. (Paris,

8-12, October 1979) is mentioned. Concerning dissemination of units, the

metrological structure in progress in Italy is explained, based on four

primary metrological institutes and on the network of secondary

laboratories approved and in progress of approval.

Procedures for the Approval of A Calibration Centre

Arri, E . , ; Perissi, R.

In Engl ish

October 1980

Abstract: Paper presented at INSYMET.'80, Bratislava, Italy

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REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Industrial Advancement Administration (IAA)

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Yeong Deung PO, Seoul, Korea

Export Inspection Law

In English

1975

Abstract: The Export Inspection Law was promulgated in 1962 to encourage

export industries to improve the quality of export goods and to maintain

good reputation overseas.

The Industrial Advancement Administration - Annual Report 1980

In English

Abstract: The goods, import, export and domestic, to be inspected are designated by the IAA, which is under the Ministry of Commerce and

Industry. The laboratories engaged in the testing and inspection of goods

are authorized after accreditation by IAA when the laboratory applies for

inspection testing of its interest.

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MEXICO

National Testing Laboratories Accreditation System

National Bureau of Standards

Ministry of National Resources and Industrial Development

Tuxpan 2, 70. Pi so, Mexico 7, D.F.

Sistema Nacional De Acreditamiento De Laboratorios De Pruebas ("Decree

establishing the National Testing Laboratories Accreditation System"

)

In Spanish

Abstract: In general terms, contains the basic principles which gave

birth to the system, its organization by industrial branches and test

fields, the instruments of support, its operating form, the requirements

that a laboratory must comply with in order to be accredited and sanctions

for their unfulf i llment, rights and fees to finance the system.

Operating Organization Includes:

- Standardization Testing Laboratories Committees, by industrial

branches and test fields.

- Standardizes, experts in their respective scientific areas.

- Accredited Testing Laboratories.

Bases de Operacion del Sistema Nacional de Acreditamiento de Laboratorios de

Pruebas ("Operation Bases of the National Testing Laboratories Accreditation

System"

)

In Spanish

Abstract: It establishes the bases for the performance of the system and

broadens the operating organization stated in the decree, limiting the

committees and standardizes functions. It sets forth the way to

constitute the committees and the eligibility of their members, as well as the selection of the standardizers.

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 1/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 1/80")

In Spanish

Abstract: It explains some organizational and work features of the

National Testing Laboratories Accreditation System. It presents the kind

of organization of the system and its constituent parties, the purposes of

its establishment, its attribution and regulations, the persons

responsible, an out! ire of its structure, the organisms of support, the

technical activities, industrial branches and test fields. It gives a general view of the costs produced by the procedures and granting of

accreditation, the people who decide upon it and to whom it has to be paid

and explains the procedures to request the accreditaton.

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 2/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 2/80")

In Spanish

Abstract: It presents detailed information about the rights and fees a testing laboratory must pay to be accredited, to whom they must be paid

and the total amount. It provides a cl assif icatio of the different kind

of taxes, fees and other forms of financing the system. It includes an indicative table of the rates in taxes and fees. This bulletin can be

modified at anytime.

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Boletin Informative) S I N ALP No. 3/80 (SINALP Bulletin No. 3/80")

In Spanish

Abstract: It establishes the bases for the criteria of selection to assure that the work performed by a testing laboratory is reliable, and

describes the requirements that in relation to its operation a testing

laboratory must fulfill in order to be accredited. It includes:

organization, personnel, analysis equipment, equipment calibration,

operating procedures, the provision of special cases as those of security,

handling of samples, record of data and results report, and environmental

aspects.

Solicitud de Acreditacion y Anexo-Requisitos de Informacion para solicitor

acreditamiento ("Accreditation Application and Annex. Information

Requirements to ask for Accreditation")

In Spanish

Abstract: It sets forth the official form in which the accreditation

application has to be presented by the laboratories that want to be

accredited and annex with the specification of all the papers to be

presented to the accreditation authority: organization, personnel,

facilities, equipment, maintenance, calibrations, test methods, laboratory

operation and general information.

Sistema NACIONAL DE CALIBRACION

National Calibration System

Decreto que establece el Sistema Nacional de Calibracion ("Decree establishing

the National Calibration S/stem")

In Spanish

Abstract: It establishes the basic principles which originated the

system, an outline of its organization by the branches of metrology, its

operating structure, the requirements a 1 aboratory must fulfill to be

authorized, the classification of measurement standards, sanctions for the

unfulfillment of obligations and the rights and fees to finance the system.

Its operating organization includes:

- Standardization Measurement Laboratories Committees for each of the

branches of metrology.

- Authorized Measurement Laboratories.

- Chain of Standards Transference.

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NEW ZEALAND

Testing Laboratory Registration Council (TELARC)

272 Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand

The Testing Laboratory Registration Act of 1972 - N.Z. Government

In English

1980

Abstract: An Act to make provision for the registration of testing

laboratories and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of a Testing Laboratory Registration Council and to define the powers and

functions of Council

.

TELARC Operational Guidelines

fn Engl ish

1974

Abstract: First published description of organization and method of

operation of TELARC.

Reports of the Testing Lab or atory Registration Council of New Zealand , (for

the 15 months ended 31 MatxH 1974 and for the years ended 1975 , 1976 , 1977,

1978, 1979 and 1980.)

In Engl ish

Abstract: Reports presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives

on the activities of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New

Zealand.

Criteria for Registration - TELARC various

In Engl ish

Requirements for registration in chemical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in electrical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in mechanical testing - 1974

Qua! ity New Zeal and - Organized by New Zealand Organization for Quality

Assurance

In Engl ish

Abstract: Proceeding: of a symposium, Auckland 18 April 1978

1978 TELARC Soil Testing Symposium - Wednesday, 29 November 1978

In English

1978

Abstract: Proceeding: of a symposium presenting aspects of registration

for soil testing laboratories.

The Accreditation of Test ing Laboratories in New Zealand - M. R. Bell

New Zealand Engineering -^, 11)

In English

November 1978.

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New Zealand's registered engineering laboratories - J. C. Wydenbach

New Zealand Engineering (34, 3)

In English

March 1979

TELARC Index 1979

In English

Abstract: An index of laboratories registered by TELARC.

TELARC Talk

In English - Abstract: The Newsletter of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council

of New Zealand. Issues Number 3 to 7 (Oct. 1978 - Nov. 1980).

Laboratory Accreditation in New Zealand, Part 1 General Criteria for

Regi strati on

In English

1980

Abstract: Describes the organization and method of operation of the

TELARC program of testing laboratory accreditation.

Laboratory Accreditat i on in New Zealand, Part 2 Specific Criteria for

Registration in Biological Testing

In Engl i sh

1980

Provisional Criteria for Registration in Medical Testing

In Engl ish

1980

TELARC Technical Notes

No. 1 A users guide to i he calibration requirements of laboratory balances

No. 2 Testing of water end waste water

No. 3 Testing of soils

No. 4 Nondestructive testing

No. 5 Interpretation of radiographs

In English

What is TELARC - K. F. Cooper

In English

Abstract: Paper published by Association of Sewage Works Managers of New

Zeal and.

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)

Head Office, 1 Dr. Lategan Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria 0001

Principles and Procedures for the Accreditation of Civil Engineering

Laboratories (Proposed second draft for comment)

In English

undated

Abstract: Covers the principles and procedures for the evaluation and

accreditation of laboratories involved in the measurement of the chemical,

physical and performance characteristics of civil engineering materials,

as instituted by the SABS.

Functional Breakdown and Constitution of Committees CELAC/C.C./1

In Engl ish

Abstract: Gives the functional breakdown of the committee structure for

the system of laboratory accreditation of civil engineering laboratories

(CELAC).

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SWEDEN

Swedish National Authority for Testing, Inspection and Metrology

(Statens Provningsanstalt (SPll

Box 857, S-501 15, Boras, Sweden

We Check for Safety in Sweden

In English

1979

Abstract: A brochure which describes the system of official testing in

Sweden.

Official Testing in Sweden In Engl ish

April 3, 1981

Abstract: At present, the official testing activities in Sweden are being

reorganized. The reorganization follows the guidelines authorized by the

government in 1972 an! 1974. It shall lead to a clear distribution of

responsibility, an effective use of available resources and guarantees of

impartiality. A number of National Testing Agencies will be established

to carry out the offi ;ial testing. Statens provningsanstalt (SP)--the

Swedish National Authority for Testing, Inspection and Metrology-- i

s

responsible for the planning and execution of the reorganization.

History of the Organizati on

In English

April 1981

Abstract: Describes the general authority of the Statens provningsanstalt

since 1972 and gives the documented statutory authority for the system.

It contains the directions for National Testing Agencies issued in 1978.

A list of the Register of Fields of Objects and National Testing Agencies

is also included in tie document.

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UNITED STATES

Federal Agencies

Department of Agriculture (DoA)

Washington, District of Columbia

Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

United States Grain Standards Act, as Amended

Final amendment dated September 1977

Abstract: The Act provides for U.S. standards and a national inspection

and weighing system for grain and for other purposes.

Grain Standards - Federal Register. Vol. 45, No. 49, 15802

In English

March 1980

Abstract: The Federal Grain Inspection Service published these final

regulations to implement the U.S. Grain Standards Act, as amended, in 1976

and 1977.

Federal Grain Inspection S er vice List of Designated Official Agencies and

Chief Inspectors

in Fnglisn

April 1980

Federal Grain Inspection Service Checklist for Extension of Official Agency

Designation and Compliance Division Checklist

In English

Undated

De partment of Commerce ( DoC)

W-isFington, District of Columbi

a

Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Programs

Charles W. Hyer, The MarTey Organization, Inc., Ridgefield, CT

In English

January 1979

U.S. Department of Commerce Contract No. 816656

Abstract: Laboratory accreditation is widely used as a means of assuring

the accuracy of test/ inspection results on a wide variety of systems,

products, components, and materials. Many accreditation programs are more

familiarly known unde' terms such as laboratory approval, acceptance,

recognition, listing, authorization, certification, endorsement, or registration programs This report analyzes the programs under four

different categories: (1) Federal Government; (2) State and Local

Government; (3) Professional or Trade Association; and (4) Private,

business entity. The report identifies 19 Federal; 19 State and Local; 18

Professional and Trade Assns. ; and over 50 different private programs.

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Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Systems Revised

In English

July 1980

By: Office of Product Standards Policy, U.S. Department of Commerce, in

conjunction with Charles W. Hyer, The Marley Organization, Inc.

U.S. Department of Commerce Contract No. NBS-NB79NAEB5387

Abstract: The first report, entitled "Principal Aspects of U.S.

Laboratory Accreditation Systems," was published on January 24, 1979.

Since then, the DoC sought information on other accreditation systems and

has requested that each source update the information supplied in the

summary sheets. Under a second contract Mr. Hyer, using leads from DoC as well as his personal experience and records, identified and summarized an additional 21 systems which are included in this report. Seven systems were deleted from the 1979 report.

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States Laboratory Accreditation Systems

Compared-^

J. W. Locke and J. A. Gilmour, ASTM Standardization News

In Engl ish

November 1980

NVLAP Accreditation

P. S. Unger, ASTM Standardization News

In Engl ish

November 1980

Office of Product Standarcs NVLAP Glossary of Terms for Laboratory

Accreditation, Product Cer ti fication and Standardization - NBSIR 79-1956

D. B. Thomas, OTLET, OES, NEL, National Bureau of Standards

In Engl ish

January 1980

Abstract: In many instances, the use of specific terms and acronyns

associated with laboratory accreditation lead to misunderstandings between

the program administrators, criteria committee members, laboratory

personnel and product manufacturers. In an effort to eliminate these

misunderstandings, this glossary of terms and definitions relating to

laboratory accreditat on was prepared. Since there is some overlapping of

the areas of laboratory accreditation, product certification and

standardization, a decision was made to establish a NVLAP glossary of

terms that cover all of these areas.

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)

First, Second, and Third Annual Report - Fe bruary 1 976-December 1977, JanuaryDecember 1978, and Januar '/-December 1979

In English

"

Testing Laboratory Performan ce: Evaluation anu Accreditation

Gerald A. Berman, Editor, NBS Special Publication 591

In English

August 1980

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NVLAP for Everyone

In English

undated

Abstract: A brochure describing the procedures for anyone to request the

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) to establish a Laboratory Accreditation Program (LAP) under Section 7a of Title 15 of the

Code of Federal Regulations.

NVLAP for Federal Agencies

In English

undated

Abstract: A brochure describing the procedures for Federal Agencies to

request NVLAP to establish a LAP under Section 7b of Title 15 of the Code

of Federal Regulations.

NVLAP for Private Sector Organizations

In English

undated

Abstract: A brochure describing the procedures for private voluntary

organizations to request NVLAP to establish a LAP under Section 7c of

Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

NVLAP Tech Brief

NVLAP Proficiency Test i ng Program; Carpet LAP

In English

February 1981

Abstract: A tech brief describing the proficiency testing program for

carpets.

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 1 Requirement for NVLAP Accredited Laboratories

In English

January 10, 1980

Abstract: A lab bjlletin announcing the availability of Federal

Specification HH- 1-5150 and Amendment-1 and the requirements of accredit 1 labs to be capable of testing under this amendment.

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 2 Procedures for Renewal of Accreditation

In English

Feburary 8, 1980

Abstract: Procedures for requesting renewal of laboratory accreditation

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 3

Informing the Public o V our Accreditation Status

In English

Oecember 16, 1980

Abstract: Clarification of the regulations concerning limitations placed

on NVLAP accredited laboratories with respect to informing people about

their accredited status.

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NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 4

Comparison of New Criteria with Original Criteria

In English

March 12, 1980

Abstract: Clarification of differences between the original criteria for

thermal insulation materials and the criteria published in the January 23,

1980, FEDERAL REGISTER.

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 5 The Value of Your NVLAP Accreditation

In English

April 2, 1981

Abstract: The NVLAP staff has prepared a number of papers for trade

publications, made oral presentations, and responded to inquiries relative

to qualified laboratories so that users of laboratory services would fully

appreciate the value of using a NVLAP accredited laboratory.

NVLAP News

In Engl ish

December 1980, March 1981, and July 1981

Abstract: Newsletter of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Program (NVLAP)

Proficiency Testing: An Essential Element of Laboratory Accreditation

D. Kirkpatrick and J. Horlick, ASTM Standardization News

In Engl i sh

December 1980

Abstract: A discussion of the procedures for proficiency testing under

NVLAP.

NVLAP - Laboratory Accreditation Criteria

In English

1980

Abstract: The general and specific criteria to be used to accredit

laboratories that test thermal insulation materials, freshly mixed field

concrete, or carpet under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Program (NVLAP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) are included.

These criteria have been developed in compliance with the NVLAP Procedures

(15 CFR Part 7a and 7b) and form the basis for accrediting testing

laboratories that voluntarily request accreditation.

NVLAP - General Information - The Accreditation Process

In Engl ish

1980

Abstract: The accreditation process of NVLAP is comprised of four

elements: (1) application, (2) proficiency testing, (3) on-site

examination, and (4) evaluation and accreditation.

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NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Operational Information

In English

1980

Abstract: Test methods and performance guidelines for laboratory

accreditation for Thermal Insulation Materials.

NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Supplemental Information

In English

1980

Abstract: Information on how each section of the specific criteria

relates to each test method.

NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed Field Concrete - Operational Information

In Engl ish

1981

Abstract: Test methods and performance guidelines for laboratory

accreditation for Freshly Mixed Field Concrete.

NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed , : ield Concrete - Supplemental Information

In English

1980

Abstract: Informatioi on how each section of the specific criteria

relates to each test method.

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Operational Information

In Engl ish

1980

Abstract: Test methods and performance guidelines for laboratory

accreditation for Carpets.

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Supplemental Information

In Engl ish

1980

Abstract: Information on how each section of the specific criteria

relates to each test method.

Department of Defense (DoD)

Washington, District of Columbi

a

Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, PA

Qualified Laboratory List

In English

June 1980

Abstract: The Qualified Laboratory List (QLL) names testing laboratories

that volunteer and are certified reliable by the Defense Personnel Support

Center (DPSC). Certifications are limited to the physical, chemical, or biological tests identified in the QLL. Tests relate to the manufacture,

shipping, and storage of clothing textiles, footwear, and equipage for the

military services. Laboratories are surveyed and test reports are periodically verified by government tests. Contractors may use other

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laboratories. Acceptance of product lots tested by other facilities is

normally delayed until government tests verify report submitted. The

government may accept QLL reports without waiting to complete verification

tests.

Defense Electronics Supply Center of the Directorate of Engineering

Standardiz ation

Qualification Information for Manufacturers

In Engl ish

July 1977

Abstract: This document has been prepared to assist the manufacturer in

the qualification of his products.

Qualification Guide for Established Reliability Specifications

In Engl ish

January 1979

Abstract: This handbook provides qualification personnel with general

guides to uniformly evaluate manufacturers ' and distributors ' reliability

assurance programs when these programs are required as a prerequisite for

qualification, and retention of qualification approval.

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics,

Directorate for Technical Data

Standardization Policy and Quality Assurance Provisions Governing

?

ual if ications-SD-6

n English

November 1969

Abstract: The Basic Provisions, Part I, together with the specific

provisions. Parts II and III, as applicable, govern the authorization for

and testing of products submitted for qualification. It also includes a list of laboratories suitable for testing under Military Standard

MIL-STD-202.

Department of Energy (DoE)

Washington, District of Columbia

Office of the Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Solar Application

Laboratories Technically Qualified to Test Solar Collectors in Accordance with

ASHRAE Standard 93-77: A Summary Report - NBSIR 78-1535 - W. J. Niessing,

Building Economics and Regulatory Technology Division, CBT, NEL, National

Bureau of Standards

In English

November 1978

Abstract: This summary report covers the identification of qualified

solar collector testing laboratories. It discusses the procedures used by

the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute Foundation (ARIF), the

results of their evaluation, and lists the laboratories evaluated as qualified to test solar collectors in accordance with ASHRAE Standard

93-77.

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Washington, District of Columbia

Manual for the Interim Certification of Laboratories Involved in Analyzing

Public Drinking Water Supplies; Criteria and Procedures by The Water Supply

Quality Assurance Work Group

In English

September 1977

Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523

Abstract: This manual describes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

interim water supply laboratory certification program and the technical

criteria which are considered essential to generate valid data. The

technical criteria should be considered as guides for the on-site

evaluation; only the methods and procedures in the Interim Primary

Drinking Water Regulation or otherwise approved by EPA should be

considered as mandatory for Interim Certification of a laboratory.

While the manual is intended for EPA use in approving and certifying

laboratories in a uniform and impartial manner, EPA fully recognizes that

there are many excellent State laboratory certification programs in

operation. This manual is not intended to regulate, impede, or degrade

existing or future State certification programs.

Office of Research and Development

Feasibility of an EPA Certification Program - D. M. Speaker, J. C.

Fensterstock, A. M. Maher

In English

Undated

Abstract: The study explores the possible certification of environmental

monitoring laboratories as a means of assuring that the quality and

reliability of data generated by the laboratory would meet at least

minimum levels of acceptibi 1 ity. It also contains a brief description of some Federal, State, and private organization certification programs.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (formerly HEW)

Washington, District of Columbia

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Nonclinical Laboratory Studies - Good Laboratory Practice Regulations

Federal Register, Vol . 43, No. 247, pp. 59986-60025,

In English

December 22, 1978

Final Rule

Abstract: The agency is issuing final regulations regarding good

laboratory practice in the conduct of nonclinical laboratory studies.

Conformity with these rules is intended to assure the high quality of

nonclinical laboratory testing required to evaluate the safety of

regulated products.

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Food and Drug Administration

Compliance Program Guidance Manual - Good Laboratory Practice - Nonclinical

Laboratories

In English

October 1980

Abstract: The manual presents laboratory criteria against which

nonclinical laboratories are evaluated to determine compliance with the

FDA Good Laboratory Practice Regulations. The procedures for inspecting

laboratories are also presented.

Management Briefings on the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations - Post

Conference Report

In English

August 1979

Abstract: On May 1, 2, and 3, 1979, FDA conducted half-day briefing

sessions in Washington, Chicago and San Francisco on the Good Laboratory

Regulations. The purpose was to provide the regulated industry with

information to understand and comply with the regulations.

Health Care Financing Administration

Validation of Accreditation Surveys of Hospitals Federal Register, Vol . 45,

No. 220, pp. 74826-74833

In English

November 1980

Abstract: This notice modifies current Medicare regulations dealing with

hospitals accreditated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of

Hospitals (JCAH) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to restate

these regulations more simply and clearly.

Public Health Service - Center for Disease Control

Proficiency Testing Summary Analysis - Toxicology - Drugs of Abuse

In English

September 1978

Abstract: Laboratories covered by the Clinical Laboratories Improvement

Act of 1967 are required to participate in the proficiency testing program

conducted under the Act and its implementing regulations by the Licensure

and Proficiency Testing Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Center for

Disease Control. The performance of all laboratories is summarized in

such a manner that each participant laboratory can relate its performance

to that of peer and reference laboratories.

Health Care Financing Administration

Application package for laboratory applying for licensing under the Clinical

Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967

In English

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Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration

Evaluation of Milk Laboratories

In English

1978 Edition

Abstract: Official accreditation of milk laboratories requires that the

appropriate Federal or State milk laboratory control agency certify the

performance of analysts in milk laboratories where the examinations

required by the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance are performed. This

publication provides the procedures for the evaluation of milk

laboratories and sample collection surveillance programs required to meet

the sanitation standards.

Department of Transportation (DoT)

Washington, District of Columbia

Coast Guard

Equipment and Material Specification; Approval Procedures, Production

Inspection and Test Requirements, and Independent Laboratory Standards

Federal Register; Vol. 44, No. 243, pp. 73038-73047

In English

December 17, 1979

Rules and Regulations

Abstract: These regulations establish approval procedures, production

inspection, and test procedures and standards for accepting independent

laboratories for testing certain equipment and material requiring Coast

Guard approval

.

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State and Local Agencies

State of Alabama

Department of Public Health Laboratory Certification - John E. Regnier, John

W. Gable, Jr., Joe L. Marsh, American Chemical Society Journal

In English

January 1979

Abstract: Describes the laboratory certification program in Alabama under

the Safe Drinking Water Act.

State of California

Energy Commission Alternatives Division

Standards and Procedures: Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Solar

Components and Systems

In English

May 1978

Abstract: The document prescribes the criteria and procedures by which

the State of California will accredit laboratories to test solar equipment.

State of Connecticut

Department of Health Services - Laboratory Division, Clinical Laboratory

Section

General Statutes and Public Health Code Regulations pertaining to the

Operation of Clinical and Public Health Laboratories

In English

August 1979

Department of Health Services

List of Laboratories Licensed in the State of Connecticut

In Engl ish

October 1979

State of Illinois

City of Chicago, IL Department of Buildings, Electrical Commission Statement of Policy - Acc reditation of Testing Laboratories

In English

September 1976

Abstract: The Chicago Electrical Code (Sec p 6-10, 87-100, Definition

"Approved," and 88.9) requires that all electrical equipment and

appliances be tested and listed by a nationally recognized standard

testing laboratory.

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State of Massachusetts

Building Code Commission

Rules and Requl at ions for Licensing of Concrete Testing Laboratories

In Engl ish

July 1978

Abstract: As authorized by Chapter 802 of the Acts of 1972, and in

accordance with Section 127 of the State Building Code establishing the

Construction Materials Safety Board, the Rules and Regulations are adopted

for Licensing of Concrete Testing Laboratories.

State of New York

Department of Health

Title 10, Subpart 55-2, Approval of Laboratories Concerned with Sanitation and

Environmental Analysis

In English

April 1977

Abstract: Regulations on the approval of laboratories concerned with

sanitation and environmental analysis.

Department of Health, Division of Laboratories and Research, Environmental

Health Center

Agreement for the Approval of Laboratory Service for Examinations Concerned

with Sanitation

In English

Undated

Abstract: Testing laboratory agreement and application for approval.

State of North Carolina

Board of Accreditation of Concrete Testing Laboratories, Inc. (BACTL),

Raleigh, NC

Laboratory Accreditation Program

In Engl ish

January 1979

Abstract: The purpose of inspection and testing of materials is to

determine whether or not their characteristics and qualities as used in

construction comply with the contract documents.

The purpose of BACTL is to recognize those testing agencies who have

the necessary equipment and qualified personnel to perform these

compliance tests. Recognition is provided through an accreditation

program administered by BACTL.

A request for accreditation by a laboratory and the use of the

program by a specifier are both voluntary.

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State of Ohio

Board of Building Standards

Testing Agencies and Laboratories Approved by the Ohio Board of Building

Standards as Accredited Authoritative Agencies

In English

December 1979

State of Pennsylvania

Department of Agriculture

Approved Dairy Laboratory List

In English

January 1979

Abstract: List of approved Interstate Milk Shipment (IMS) laboratories

and the tests for which approved.

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Private, Professional Societies,

Trade Associations, Standards Organizations

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (AALA)

Washington, District of Columbia

AALA and Your Laboratory

In English

1978

Abstract: This document outlines the basic concepts, organization, and

operating procedures of the American Association for Laboratory

Accreditation (AALA), for the benefit of those who may seek accreditation

of a laboratory.

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)

Washington, District of Columbia

Criteria and Procedures for Approval of Testing Laboratories

In English

Effective September 1, 1974

Abstract: This document prescribes criteria and procedures for the

approval of laboratories which test items of motor vehicle safety

eguipment to determine compliance with applicable reaulat.ions and

standards adopted by the Eguipment Approval Program member jurisdictions

.

American Council of Independent Laboratories, Inc. (ACIL)

Washington, District of Columbia

Part 1 - Recommended Reguirements for Independent Laboratory Qualification

October 1971

Part 2 - Reguirements for a Quality Control System for Testing and Inspection

Laboratori es

In English

1976

Abstract: The purpose of these manuals is to prescribe the reguirements

for an Independent Laboratory Qualification and for the establishment and

maintenance of a Quality Control System. The intent of these manuals is

to provide standards by which every testing or inspection laboratory might

provide uniform guality services in testing, inspection, analysis and

research.

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American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

Akron, Ohio

Accreditation - A Plan for Accreditation of Industrial Hygiene Laboratories

In Enalish

May 1975

Abstract: A brochure explaining the procedures for accreditation under

the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Application for Accreditation

In English

March 1976

Abstract: This is a model application, fictional but patterned after a possible industrial hygiene laboratory. This application was prepared to

assist the laboratory personnel making application for accreditation by

AIHA. It also contains a list of accreditated laboratories by AIHA.

List of Laboratories Accredited by the AIHA

In English

August 1979

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

New York, New York

Application for Independent Laboratory Approval Under American National

Standards Institute (ANSI)

Accredited Certification Program

In English

July 1972

Conducted by: Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers Association

Laboratory Qualifications Guidelines for ANSI Certification

In English

August 20, 1970

Abstract: These guidelines, which spell out the approved methods for

qualifying laboratories under ANSI certification proqram, are written to serve as an aid to the ANSI Certification Committee and others in

qualifying laboratories to do testing under various programs.

ANSI/ASTM-E-543-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Determining the

Qualification of Nondestructive Testing Agencies

In English

1976

Abstract: This Recommended Practice establishes minimum requirements for

agencies performing nondestructive testing.

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ANSI/ASM£-0CS-?-1977-Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

In Engl ish

July 1977

Abstract: The purDose of this standard is to provide requirements for the

accredi tati on of testing laboratories which provide testing of safety and

pollution prevention equipment used in offshore oil and qas operations.

American Plywood Association (APA)

Takoma, Washington

Proposal to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration fOHSAl for

Temporary Laboratory Accreditation System

In Engl ish

Undated

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

New York, New York

Committee for Safety and Pollution Prevention Equipment (SPPE) Used in

Offshore Oil and Gas Operations - Subcommittee on Certification and

Accredi tati on Certification Procedures

In English

February 1978

Abstract: These procedures define the organization, scope, duties, and

responsibilities and provide guidelines for the Subcommittee on Certification and Accreditation (SCCA).

ANS I / ASME-OC S- 2- 1977 (See description above under ANSI section.)

In Enqlish

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ASTM-E-548-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Generic Criteria for Use in

the Evaluation of Testing and/or Inspection Agencies

'In English

Abstract: This Recommended Practice provides criteria for use in the

evaluation of a testing and/or inspection agency's capabilities in

organization, and in its human and physical resources. These criteria

also require disclosure of those factors on which the objectivity of the

agency can be judged.

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ANSI/ASTM-E-543-76 (See description above under ANSI section.)

ASTM-E-699-79

Standard Criteria for Evaluation of Agencies Involved in Testing, Quality

Assurance, and Evaluating Building Components in Accordance with Test Methods

Promulgated by ASTM Committee E-6

In English

October 1979

Abstract: This standard provides a guide for the information to be

obtained and provides specific recommended criteria for evaluating the

capability of an agency to conduct tests and to report on tests performed

in accordance with the standards promulgated by Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions.

Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA''

Homewood, Illinois

Procedures for Listing of Testing Laboratories

In English

October 1 Q 79

Abstract: The purpose -is to establish necessary procedures in order that

Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) International may

provide a list of testing laboratories which have been investigated and

found to have the necessary equipment and personnel to perform testing in

accordance with the applicable standards listed in the BOCA Basic Codes.

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Skokie, Illinois

Standards for Accreditation of Medical Laboratories

In English

September 1974

Abstract: These standards have been prepared by the Commission on Laboratory Inspection and Accreditation of the College of American

Pathologists for the purpose of improving the quality of pathology

service. The standards have been developed to cover all aspects of

pathology services.

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Electronic Industries Association ( E I A

)

Washington, District, of Columbia

Engineering Department: The Quality and Reliability Engineering- IEC Committee

Procedures and Criteria for Approval of Electronic Component Testing

Laboratori es

In English

September 1975

Abstract: This document provides the procedures and criteria for approval

of laboratories which test, for qualification or certification, electronic

component products.

National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)

Wilmington, Delaware

Standards for Inspection and Accreditation of a Modern Medicolegal

Investigative System

In English

October 1974

Abstract: The standards have been prepared by the National Association of

Medical Examiners for the purpose of improving the quality of the

medicolegal investigation of death in this countrv.

National Kitchen Cabinet Association (NKCAl

Louisville, Kentucky

Sample Agreement for Approved Testing Laboratories

In English

1977

Abstract: Sample of the conditions each approved laboratory makes with

the National Kitchen Cabinet Association before approval is granted.

National Safe Transit Association ( NSTA)

Chicago, Illinois

Technical Verification of Laboratories

In Enqlish

Undated

Abstract: The purpose of the Technical Verification of NSTA Certified

Laboratories is to confirm that all such facilities are properly equipped

and competently staffed to perform and evaluate tests on packaged products

in accordance with NSTA test procedures and that their test results are within the same range as other certified laboratories.

5?
Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation (SEREFl

Washington, District of Columbia

Criteria for the Evaluation of Solar Testing Laboratories - Including LAB

Intercorrel ati on and Operations Verification Procedures

In English

June 1978

Abstract: This document provides the basis on which an accreditinq agency

will accredit laboratories for certification testing of solar equipment.

Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI)

Golden, Colorado

Information and Guidelines for A Proposed Laboratory Accreditation and Product

Certification Program for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems NBSIR 80-2028

Douglas B. Thomas, OTLET, OES, National Bureau of Standards

In English

August 1980

Abstract: This report provides information and guidelines for use in

preparing and implementing a laboratorv evaluation and product

certification program for photovoltaic products, as required in the DoE's

work plan for the National Photovoltaic Energy Program.

Society for Toxicology (ST)

Akron, Ohio

Functional Plan for a Board for Accreditation of Toxicological Facilities anri

Practices

In English

September 1978

Abstract: The Durpose of the Board for Accreditation of Toxicological

Facilities and Practice is to encourage, promote, and facilitate

toxicological testing and research which requires the use of experimental

animals through the application of acceptable practices in toxicology.

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INTERNATIONAL

International Standards Organization (ISO) - Geneve

Commission on Certif ic.ation r CERT I CO

)

1. Rue de Varembe, Geneve, Switzerland

ISO Guide 24-1978 (E) - Guidelines for the Acceptance of Testing and

Inspection Agencies by Certification Bodies

In Enqlish

1978

Abstract: A certification body that engages in conformity certification

of products will find it essential to recognize testing and inspection

agencies either in its own or other countries if it accepts the Code of

Principle for Certification. It is the objective of this document to set

forth the guidelines for the development of criteria with which an agency

should comply if it is to be recognized as providing testing and

inspection services that can be used in an acceptance program of a national certification body to meet its responsibilities.

ISO Guide 25-1978 (E) - Guidelines for Assessing the Technical Competence of

Testing Laboratories

In English

1978

Abstract: The object of this document is to set forth the general

requirements with which a testing laboratory should comply if it is to be

recognized as technically competent.

Additional requirements may be specified by the organization or authority granting the recognition (or approval), depending upon the

specific character of the task of the laboratory. It is understood that

the organization or authority should specify the procedures by which

application for recognition should be made and the reasons for which the

recognition might be withdrawn. The authority should also indicate how

monitoring of compliance will be carried out.

Certif ication--Principles and Practice

In Enqlish

1980

Abstract: This report on the principles and practice of certification has

been prepared and published by the International Organization for

Standardization (ISO) with the support of the International Trade Centre

UNCTAO/GATT (ITC). ISO's intention in publishing this report was to

provide information for those countries establishing certification

systems. ITC shares an interest in the concept of certification as an aid

to quality improvement and export promotion in the developing countries.

It is hoped that the information provided will be of particular value to

those working in this field in developing countries.

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Part II

SUBJECT

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Part II

SUBJECT

I. Programs, Schemes and Systems

NATA Rules

June 1974

AUSTRALIA

National Standards System - Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of

Testinq Organizations

CAN-P-4 June 1978

CANADA

System for the Registration of Test Houses of Assessed Capability

Undated

GREAT BRITAIN

Bases de Operacion del sistema Nacional de Accredi tamiento de Laboratorios de

Pruebas ( "Operation Bases of the National Testing Laboratories Accreditation

System.

)

MEXICO

Boletin Informatino SINALP No. 1/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 1/80")

MEXICO

Sistema Nacional De Accreditamiento De Laboratories De Pruebas ( "Decree

Establishing the National Calibration System")

MEXICO

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (AALA)

AALA and Your Laboratory

1978

UNITED STATES

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Committee for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment (SPPE) Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Subcommittee on Certification and Accreditation

Certification Procedures

February 1978

UNITED STATES

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American Plywood Association (APA)

Proposal to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration fOHSA) for

Temporary Laboratory Accreditation System

undated

UNITED STATES

Commonwealth Regional Metrology Programme

1977

INDIA

II. Conference Proceedings

Organized by New Zealand Organization for Quality Assurance

Quality New Zealand

April 1978

NEW ZEALAND

International Conference on Recognition of National Systems for Accreditation

of Testing Laboratories - First Report Task Force B February 1979

AUSTRALIA

International Conference on Recognition of National Programs for Testing

Laboratori es October 1977

DENMARK

Report of the Committee on National Testing Facilities

December 1975

INDIA

1978 TELARC Soil Testing Symposium

November 1978

NEW ZEALAND

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III. Directories

Authorized Representatives of Registered Laboratories

June 1977

AUSTRALIA

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Committee List, Staff List and Addresses of

Off i ces July 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

IV. Histories

NATA - A Progress Report - The First Twenty-Five Years

1977

AUSTRALIA

Into the Second Decade - The National Standards System of Canada

October 1980

CANADA

II servizio di taratura in Italia. ("About calibration service in Italy")

1979

ITALY

History of the Organization

April 1981

SWEDEN

V. Documented Statutory Authority for the System

Memorandum and Articles of Association of National Association of Testing

Authorities, Australia

June 1957

AUSTRALIA

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The Standards Council of Canada Act

1969-70 ChaDter 41 (1st Supp)

CANADA

Lov nr. 144 af 21. mart*; 1973 som aendret ved lov nr. 45 af 11. februar 1976

om Statens Tekniske Provenaevn f"Act no. 144 of £lst March 1Q73 as amended by

Act. no 45 of 11th February, 1976")

DENMARK

Handelsmi nisteri ets bekendtgorelse nr. 77 af 24. februar 1976 om autorisation

at" laboratorier til at udfore autoriseret teknisk provninq. ("Statutory order

on accreditation of laboratories for the execution of accredited technical

testi ng"

)

DENMARK

Handelsmi nisteri ets cirkulaere nr. 56 af 22. marts 1976 om Statens Teknisk e Provenaevn oq dettes samarqejde med andre offentolige myndigheder og

institutioner m.~v7 ("Circular of the Ministry of Trade no. 56 of 22nd March,

1976 on the Danish National Testing Board and its cooperation with other

public authorities and institutions.")

DENMARK

Export Inspection Law

1975

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Sistema Nacional De Accreditamiento De Laboratories De Pruebas ( "Decree

Establishing the National Calibration System")

MEXICO

The Testing Laboratory Registration Act of 1972

October 1980

NEW ZEALAND

Official Testinq in Sweden

April 1981

SWEDEN

Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

United States Grain Standards Act, as Amended

Final amendment dated September 1977

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

Grain Standards - Federal Register, Vol . 4b, No. 49, pp. 15802

March 1980

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

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None 1 i n i cal Laboratory Studies - Good Laboratory Practice Regulations - Federal Register, Vol. 43, No. 247, pp. 59986-60025

December 22, 1978-Final Rule

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Validation of Accreditation Surveys of Hospitals - Federal Register, Vol. 45,

No. 220, pp. 74826-74833

November 1980

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Equipment and Material Specification; Approval Procedures, Production

Inspection and Test Requirements, and Independent Laboratory Standards - Federal Register, Vol. 44. No. 243, pp. 73038-73047

December 17, 1979-Rules and Regulations

Department of Transportation, UNITED STATES

General Statutes and Public Health Code Regulations pertaining to the

Operation of Clinical and Rub lie Health Laboratories

August 1979

State of Connecticut, UNITED STATES

Statement of Policy - Accreditation of Testinn Laboratories

September 1976

City of Chicago, Illinois, UNITED STATES

Rules and Regulations for Licensinq of Concrete Testing Laboratories

July 1978

State of Massachusetts, UNITED STATES

Department of Health

Approval of Laboratories Concerned with Sanitation and Environmental Analysis,

Title 10, Subpart 55-2

April 1977

State of New York, UNITED STATES

VI. Publications Listing (Catalogs) of

Accreditation Organizations

British Calibration Service Publications

GREAT BRITAIN

British Calibration Service Publications List

October 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

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VII. Documented Criteria for Laboratory Accreditation

Reliability, Accuracy, Consistency, Control

undated

AUSTRALIA

Or i entering om autorisationsordningen ("General Information on the

Authorization Scheme.")

DENMARK

Systems Approach to Standardization

1976

INDIA

Integrated Plan for Standardisation in Electronics

January 1977

INDIA

Report of the Panel on Guidelines for Standardisation in Electronics

May 1977

INDIA

Role of Precision Measurements in Standardization and Quality Assurance of

Electronic Component and Equipment

T5HD

INDIA

OECD Decision of the Council Concerning the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the

Assessment of Chemicals (C ( 81 ) 30 (Final )T

May 1981

FRANCE

OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice

May 1981

FRANCE

Quality Control Requirements for Test House and Laboratory Organizations

January 1, 1976 DEF STAN05-32/1

GREAT BRITAIN

NATLAS Accreditation Standard-Criteria of Competence To Be Met By Testing

Laboratori es Ray“T9Hl

GREAT BRITAIN

61
NATLAS Requl ati ons-Requl ati ons To Be Met By Testinq Laboratories

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

DIN-Priif-Uberwachungszeichen. Vom. 21 ("DIN Testinq and Inspection Loqo")

May 1975

GERMANY

Ad un buon livello i laboratori metroloqici Italiani. ("At a satisfactory

level the Italian metroloqical laboratories.)-Rivista di meccanica, 24 (662)

1978

ITLAY

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 3/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 3/80")

MEXICO

ISO Guide 24-1978 (El - Guidelines for the Acceptance of Testing and

Inspection Aqencies by Certification Bodies

1978

SWITZERLAND

ISO Guide 25-1978 (E) - Guidelines for Assessing the Technical Competence of

Testing Laboratories

1978

SWITZERLAND

Certification-Principles and Practice

1980

SWITZERLAND

Federal Grain Inspection Service Checklist for Extension of Official Agency

Designation and Compliance Division Checklist

undated

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 4

Comparison of New Criteria with Ori g inal Criteria

March 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP - Laborator/ Accreditation Criteria

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP - General Information - The Accreditation Process

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

62
Qualification Guide for Established Reliability Specifications

January 1979

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics,

Directorate for Technical Data

Standardization Policy and Quality Assurance Provisions Governing

Qual ifi cati ons-SD-6

November 1969

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

Compliance Program Guidance Manual - Good Laboratory Practice - Nonclinical

Laboratori es October 1980

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Management Briefings on the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations - Post

Conference Report

August 1979

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Evaluation of Milk Laboratories

1978 Edition

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Standards and Procedures: Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Solar

Components and Systems

May 1978

State of California, UNITED STATES

Board of Accreditation of Concrete Testing Laboratories, Inc. (BACTL),

Raleigh, NC

Laboratory Accreditation Program

January 1979

State of North Carolina, UNITED STATES

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)

Criteria and Procedures for Approval of Testing Laboratories

Effective September 1, 1974

UNITED STATES

American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)

Part 1 -Recommended Requirements for Independent Laboratory Qualification

"October 1971

Part 2-Requirements for a Quality Control System for Testing and Inspection

Laboratori es T976

UNITED STATES

63
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)-Akron, Ohio

Accreditati on-A Plan for Accreditation of Industrial Hygiene Laboratories

"May 1975

UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Laboratory Qualifications Guidelines for ANSI Certification

August 1970

UNITED STATES

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ASTM-E-548-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Generic Criteria for Use in

the Evaluation of Testing and/or Inspection Agencies

1976

UNITED STATES

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Standards for Accreditation of Medical Laboratories

September 1974

UNITED STATES

National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)

Standards for Inspection and Accreditation of a Modern Medicolegal

Investigative System

October 1974

UNITED STATES

Electronic Industry Association (EIA)

Procedures and Criteria for Approval of Electronic Component Testing

Laboratories

September 1975

UNITED STATES

National Safe Transit Association (NSTA)

Technical Verification of Laboratories

undated

UNITED STATES

Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation (SEREF)

Criteria for the Evaluation of Solar Testing Laboratories-Including LAB

Intercorrelation and Operations Verification Procedures

June 1978

UNITED STATES

Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) - Golden, CO

Information and Guidelines for a Proposed Laboratory Accreditation Product

Certification Program for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems

August 1980

UNITED STATES

64
Society for Toxicology (ST)

Functional Plan for a Board for Accreditation of Toxicological Facilities and

Practi ce~s September 1978

UNITED STATES

Procedures for the Approval of a Calibration Centre

October 1980

ITALY

VIII. Lists of Laboratories Approved by an Accreditation Organization

A Directory of Labo>~tori es Accredited by NATA

June 1980

AUSTRAI IA

Statens Tekniske Provenaevn - register over autoriserede laboratorier - arliaht

("Danish National Testing Board - register of accredited laboratories."

)

1980

DENMARK

Gesamtverzei chnis (General Directory")

1979

GERMANY

British Calibration Service Directory

GREAT BRITAIN

British Calibration Service - List of Approved Laboratories

May 1980-Apri 1 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

Names and Address of Those Test Houses Registered by BSI

GREAT BRITAIN

Irish Department of Agriculture - List of Approved Laboratories (CEM)

1980

IRELAND

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Approved Container Thermal Stations

undated

GREAT BRITAIN

65
Approved Radiographic Establishments

undated

GREAT BRITAIN

Commonwealth Science Council

Regional (Asia/Pacific) Metrology Programme-Directory of Calibration Services

August 1979

INDIA

Directory of Testing Facilities in India

1980

INDIA

New Zealand's Registered Engineering Laboratories

March 1979

NEW ZEALAND

TELARC Index 1979

NEW ZEALAND

Federal Grain Inspection Service List of Designated Official Agencies and

Chief Inspectors

April 1980

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

Qua! if i ed Laboratory List

June 1980

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

Office of the Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Solar Application

Laboratories Technically Qualified to Test Solar Collectors in Accordance with

AHSRAE Standard 93-77: A Summary Report

1978

Department of Energy, UNITED STATES

List of Laboratories Licensed in the State of Connecticut

October 1979

State of Connecticut, UNITED STATES

Testing Agencies and Laboratories Approved by the Ohio Board of Building

Standards as Accredited Authoritative Agencies

December 1979

State of Ohio, UNITED STATES

Approved Dairy Laboratory List

January 1979

State of Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES

66
Certified Concrete Testing Laboratories

June 1978

CANADA

Certified Welding Inspection Organizations (Canadian Welding Bureau, 254

Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4S, 1A9)

December 1979

CANADA

IX. Annual Reports

NATA Annual Report - Laboratory Accreditation is Indeed a Serious

International Issue

September 1980

AUSTRALIA

Annual Report 1979-1980

June 1980

CANADA

British Calibration Service - Annual Report 1978

January 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Annual Report 1979

April 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Statens Tekniske Provenaevns arsberetninq - arliq ("The Danish National

Testing Board - annual report.")

1980

DENMARK

The Industrial Advancement Administration - Annual Report 1980

1980

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Reports of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand for the

15 months ended March 31, 1974, and for the years ended 1975, 1976, 1977,

1978, 1979, and 1980

NEW ZEALAND

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) - First, Second

and Third Annual Reports

February 1976-December 1977, Janu^ry-December 1978 and January-December 1979

UNITED STATES

67
X. Descriptive Literature of the

Accrediting Organization

NATA and Your Laboratory

July 1979

AUSTRALIA

Australia's Laboratory Accreditation System

undated

AUSTRALIA

Canada and International Standardization

January 1979

CANADA

The National Standards Systems of Canada

July 1979

CANADA

The Standards Council of Canada

November 1980

CANADA

Hvad er autoriseret teknisk provning og hvorledes opnas autorisation? ("What

is accredited technical testing and how is accreditation obtained?")

DENMARK

Hvor far De deres produkter provet? ("How to qet your products tested.")

"" DUNMARK

About the British Calibration Service

March 1978

GREAT BRITAIN

NATLAS - National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme

April 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (NATLAS) To Be Launched

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

Proposed Basis of Operation of the Scheme as Endorsed By the Advisory Council

on Calibration and Measurement

February 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

68
Why We Must Accredit Testing Laboratories

January 1980

IRELAND

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - "Lloyd's Register Today1 * January 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

The Magazine of Lloyd's Register of Shipping - 100A1

July 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

La metrologia scientifica ed i laboratori metrologici primari e secondari in

Italia. ("Scientific Metrology an4 The Primary and Secondary Metrological

Laboratories in ITALY")

October 1979

ITALY

Circo 1 azione di campioni viaggiatori . ("The circulation of travelling

standards"

)

1979

ITALY

TELARC Operational Guidelines

TELARC 1974

NEW ZEALAND

TELARC Talk

NEW ZEALAND

The Accreditation of Testing Laboratories in New Zealand

November 1978

NEW ZEALAND

Laboratory Accreditation in New Zealand, Part 1 General Criteria for

R eg i strati on 1980

NEW ZEALAND

What is TELARC

NEW ZEALAND

Functional Breakdown and Constitution of Committees CELAC/C.C./l

SOUTH AFRICA

We Check for Safety in Sweden

1979

SWEDEN

69
Au stralia, New Zealand, and the United States Laboratory Accreditation Systems

Compared

November 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Accreditation

November 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Glossary of Terms for Laboratory Accreditation, Product Certification

and Standardization

1979

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Testing Laboratory Performance: Evaluation and Accreditation

August 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Everyone

undated

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Federal Agencies

undated

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Private Sector Organizations

undated

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 3

Informing the Public of Your Accreditation Status

December 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 5 The Value of Your NVLAP Accreditation

April 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP News

December 1980, March 1981, and July 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Qualification Information for Manufacturers

July T9 77

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

70
Feasibility of an EPA Certification Program

undated

Environmental Protection Agency, UNITED STATES

Department of Public Health Laboratory Certification

January 1979

State of Alabama, UNITED STATES

XI. Test Methods and Test Procedures

Metallographic and Allied Tests

October 1962

AUSTRALIA

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement - Requirement for Registration

May 1976

AUSTRALIA

Biological Testing

January 1978

AUSTRALIA

Mechanical Testing

July 1978

AUSTRALIA

Metrology

September 1979

AUSTRALIA

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement

January 1980

AUSTRALIA

Heat and Temperature Measurement

January 1980

AUSTRALIA

Testing of Electronic Equipment and Components

October 1980

DENMARK

71
PM1 06 - Directions for the Approvals Procedure of the VDE-Prufstelle; The

issue of licenses to use the Radio Protection Mark for electrical products

according to VUt 08/2 and VL) t uB'/b.

GERMANY

Wie wird man anerkannter Hersteller fur elektronische Bauelemente? ETZ-B Vol

.

~27, Peter Traugott ("How Does One Become a Recognized Manufacturer for

Electrical Components"

)

1975

GERMANY

Richtlinien fur die Anerkennung und Bezeichung von Priif-und

Uberwachungsstel len ("Guidelines for the Accreditation and Designation for

Laboratories for Testing and Inspection")

1974

GERMANY

Richtlinien fur die Erteilung des DIN-Pruf. und Uberwachungszeichens.

("Guidelines for the Distribution of the DIN Testing and Inspection Logo")

1975

GERMANY

The Categories for which each of the Accredited Test Houses are Assessed

GREAT BRITAIN

T

Scheme of Approval of Veterinary Laboratories as Approved Laboratories for the

Examination and Certification of Specimens for Contagious Eguine Metritis

Tcem]

IRELAND

Computer Services of Lloyd's Register

1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Offshore Services

January 1 9/9

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Industrial Services

October 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Extra Services for the Shipowner

August 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Primary and secondary calibration centres

1978

ITALY

72
G 1 i -impianti per la taratura dei misuratori di portata ed il Servizio di

Taratura in Italia. ("Flowmeter calibration facilities, and the Calibration

Service in Italy")

1979

ITALY

Criteria for Registration - TELARC various

Requirements for registration in chemical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in electrical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in mechanical testing - 1974

NEW ZEALAND

Provisional Criteria for Registration in Medical Testing

1980

’ NEW ZEALAND

Laboratory Accreditation in New Zealand, Part 2 Specific Criteria for

Registration in Biological Testing

1980

NEW ZEALAND

TELARC Technical Notes

No. 1 A users guide to the calibration requirements of laboratory balances

No. 2 Testing of water and waste water

No. 3 Testing of soils

No. 4 Nondestructive testing

No. 5 Interpretation of radiographs

NEW ZEALAND

Principles and Procedures for the Accreditation of Civil Engineering

Laboratori es undated

SOUTH AFRICA

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 1 Requirement for NVLAP Accredited Laboratories

January 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Operational Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Supplemental Information ~im

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

73
NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed Field Concrete - Operational Information

”1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed Field Concrete - Supplemental Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Operational Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Supplemental Information

T9HD

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Manual for the Interim Certification of Laboratories Involved in Analyzing

Public Drinking Water Supplies; Criteria and Procedures

September 1977

Environmental Protection Aaency, UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute (ANSI )/American Society for Testing and

Materials (ASTM)

ANSI/ASTM-E-543-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Determining the

Qualification of Nondestructi ve Testing Aqencies “1975

UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute (ANSI )/American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (ASME)

ANSI/ASME-OCS-2-1 977-Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

"July 1977

UNITED STATES

American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM-E-699-79-Standard Criteria for Evaluation of Agencies Involved in

Testing, Quality Assurance, and Evaluating Building Components in Accordance

with Test Methods Promulgated by ASTM Committee E-6

October 1979

UNITED STATES

74
XII. Accreditation Program by Discipline

or Test Method

Struttura ed orqani zzazi one di un laboratorio metrologico per I'esecuzione

misure dimensional i

.

("The configuration and organization of a metrological

laboratory for carrying out dimensional measurements.")

1978

ITALY

di

XIII. Accreditation Program Procedural Forms

Application for the recognition of a laboratory as an Approved Laboratory for

the bacteriological examination and certification of specimens tor Contagious

Equine Metritis (CEM) “wg

IRELAND

Irish Department of Aqriculture

Request for testing of specimen for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)

1979

IRELAND

Solicitud de Acreditacion y Anexo-Requisitos de Informacion para solicitar

acredi tamcento ("Accreditation Application and Annex-Information Requirements

to ask tor Accreditation"

)

MEXICO

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 2 Procedures for Renewal of Accreditation

Feburary 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Application package for laboratory applying for licensing under the Clinical

Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967

undated

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Agreement for the Approval of Laboratory Service for Examinations Concerned

with Sanitation

undated

State of New York, UNITED STATES

75
American Industrial Hygiene Association

Application for Accreditation

March iy/b

UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute

Application for Independent Laboratory Approval Under American National

Standards Institute (ANSI), Accredited Certification Program

“'July iy/2

UNITED STATES

Building Officials and Code Adminstrators International, Inc (BOCA)

Procedures for Listing of Testing Laboratories

"October 19/9

UNITED STATES

National Kitchen Cabinet Association (NKCA)

Sample Agreement for Approved Testing Laboratories

1977

UNITED STATES

XIV. Laboratory Examination Procedures

The Conduct of NATLAS Assessments (Draft)

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

XV. Laboratory Examiner Qualifications

NATLAS Assessor Acceptability Standard-Cri teri a To Be Met By Laboratory

Assessors “ May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

XVI. Examiner Training

Guidance for NATLAS Assessors (Draft ) May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

76
XVII. Proficiency Testing

Report on Milk Powder Pilot Inter! aboratory Test

Qctol5er

_TlT77

AUSTRALIA

NVLAP Tech Brief

NVLAP Proficiency Testing Program; Carpet LAP

February 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Proficiency Testing: An Essential Element of Laboratory Accreditation

December I gHU

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Proficiency Testing Summary Analysis - Toxicology - Drugs of Abuse

September l y78 ~~~

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

XVIII. Determination of Accreditation Test Fees

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 2/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 2/80")

MEXICO

XIX. Principles of Laboratory Accreditation

Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Programs

January 1979

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Programs Revised

July 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

77
Part III

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING

4 78
Part III

Chronological Listing

1957

Memorandum and Articles of Association of National Association of Testing

Authorities, Australia

June 1957

AUSTRALIA

1962

Metallographic and Allied Tests

October 1962

AUSTRALIA

1969

Office of the Assistan; Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics,

Directorate for Technical Data

Standardization Poli cy and Quality Assurance Provisions Governing

Qua! ifications-SD-6

November 1969

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

1970

The Standards Council of Canada Act

1969-1970 Chapter 4 (1st Supp)

CANADA

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Laboratory Qualifications Guidelines for ANSI Certification

August 1970

UNITED STATES

79
1971

American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)

Part 1-Recommended Requirements for Independent Laboratory Qualification

October 1971

UNITED STATES

1972

American National Standards Institute

Application for Independent Laboratory Approval Under American National

Standards Institute (ANSI), Accredi t ed Certification Program

July 1972

UNITED STATES

1 974

NATA Rules

June 1974

AUSTRALIA

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)

Criteria and Procedures for Approval of Testing Laboratories

Effective September 1, 1974

UNITED STATES

80
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Standards for Accreditation of Medical Laboratories

September 1974

UNITED STATES

National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)

Standards for Inspection and Accreditation of a Modern Medicolegal

Investigative System

October 1974

UNITED STATES

Richtlinien fur die Anerkennung und Bezeichung von Pruf-und

Uberwachungsstel len ("Guidelines for the Accreditation and Designation for

Laboratories for Testing and Inspection")

1974

GERMANY

TELARC Operational Guidelines

TELARC 1974

NEW ZEALAND

Criteria for Registration - TELARC various

Requirements for registration in chemical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in electrical testing - 1974

Requirements for registration in mechanical testing - 1974

NEW ZEALAND

1975

DIN-Pruf-Uberwachungszeichen. Vom. 21 ("DIN Testing and Inspection Logo")

May 1975

GERMANY

Electronic Industry Association (EIA)

Procedures and Criteria for Approval of Electronic Component Testing

Laboratories

September 1975

UNITED STATES

Report of the Committee on National Testing Facilities

December 1975

INDIA

American Industrial Hygiene Association ( AiHA)-Akron, Ohio

Accreditation-A Plan for Accreditation of Industrial Hyqiene Laboratories

‘“Way' 1975

^

UNITED STATES

81
Richtlinien fur die Erteilung des DIN-Pruf. und Uberwachungszeichens

.

("Guidelines for the Distribution of the DIN Testing and Inspection Logo"

)

1975

GERMANY

Wie wird man anerkannter Hersteller fur elektronische Bauelemente? ("How Does

One Become a Recognized Manufacturer for Electrical Components")

1975

GERMANY

Export Inspection Law

1975

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1976

Quality Control Requirements for Test House and Laboratory Organizations

January 1, 1976 DEF STAN05-32/1

Ministry of Defense, GREAT BRITAIN

American Industrial Hygiene Association

Application for Accreditation

Ma'r'chlT/F

UNITED STATES

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement - Requirement for Registration

May 1976

AUSTRALIA

Statement of Policy - Accreditation of Testing Laboratories

September 1976

City of Chicago, Illinois, UNITED STATES

Lov nr. 1 44 af 21. marts 1973 som aendret ved lov nr. 45 af 11. februar 1976

om Statens Tekniske Provenaevn (“Act no. 1 44 of 21st March, 1973 as amended by

Act. no 45 of 11th February, 1976")

DENMARK

Handelsmi nisteri ets bekendtgorelse nr. 77 af 24. februar 1976 om autorisation

af laboratorier til at udfore autoriseret teknisk provning. ("Statutory order

on accreditation of laboratories for the execution of accredited technical

testi nq"

)

DENMARK

82
Handelsministeriets cirkulaere nr. 56 af 22. marts 1976 om Statens Tekniske

Provenaevn og dettes samarbejde med andre offentolige myndigheder og

institutioner m.vT ("Circular of the Ministry of Trade no. b6 of 22nd March,

1976 on the Oanish National Testing Board and its cooperation with other

public authorities and institutions.")

DENMARK

Systems Approach to Standardization

1976

INDIA

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ASTM-E-548-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Generic Criteria for Use in

the Evaluation of Testing and/or Inspection Agencies

1976

UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute (ANSI )/American Society for Testing and

Materials (ASTM)

ANSI/ASTM-£-543-76-Standard Recommended Practice for Determining the

Qualification of Nondestructive Testing Agenc ies

1976

UNITED STATES

American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)

Part 2-Requirements for a Quality Control System for Testing and Inspection

Laboratories

1976

UNITED STATES

1977

Integrated Plan for Standardisation in Electronics

January 1977

INDIA

“

Department of Health

A pproval of Laboratories Concerned with Sanitation and Environmental Analysis,

Title 10 Subpart 55-2

ADril 1977

State of New York, UNITED STATES

Report of the Panel on Guidelines for Standardisation in Electronics

"Flay 1977

INDIA

Auth orized Representatives of Regi stered Laborator ies

June 1977

AUSTRALIA

83
Qualification Information for Manuf acturers

July 1977

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

American National Standards Institute (ANSI )/American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (ASME)

AN SI/ ASME-OC S- 2-1 977-Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

July 19/7

UNITED STATES

Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

United States Grain Standards Act, as Amended

Final amendment dated September 1977

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

M anual for the Interim Certification of Laboratories Involved in Analyzing

Public Drinking Water Supplies; Criteria and Procedures September 1977

Environmental Protection Agency, UNITED STATES

Report on Milk Powder Pilot Interl aboratory Test

October 1977

AUSTRALIA

International Conference on Recognition of National Programs for Testing

Laboratori es October 1977

DENMARK

NATA - A Progress Report - The First Twenty-Five Years

1977

AUSTRALIA

Commonwealth Regional Metrology Programme

T977

INDIA

National Kitchen Cabinet Association (NKCA)

Sample Agreement for Approved Testing Laboratories

' 1977

UNITED STATES

84
1978

Biological Testing

January 1978

AUSTRALIA

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Committee for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment (SPPE) Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Subcommittee on Certification and Accreditation

Certification Procedures

February 1978

UNITED STATES

About the British Calibration Service

March 1978

GREAT BRITAIN

Organized by New Zealand Organization for Quality Assurance

Qua! ity New Zeal and

April 1978

NEW ZEALAND

Standards and Procedures: Accreditation of Testing Laboratories for Solar

Components and Systems

May 1978

State of California, UNITED STATES

National Standards System - Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of

Testing Organizations

CAN -P-4 June 1978

CANADA

Certified Concrete Testing Laboratories

June 1978

CANADA

Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation (SEREF)

Criteria for the Evaluation of Solar Testing Laboratories-Including L AB

Intercorrelation and Operations Verification Procedures

June 1978

UNITED STATES

Mechanical Testing

July 1978

AUSTRALIA

Rules and Regulations for Licensing of Concrete T esting Laboratories

July 1978

State of Massachusetts, UNITED STATES

85
Society for Toxicology (ST)

Functional Plan for a Board for Accreditation of Toxicological Facilities and

Er act i ce~$~

September 1978

UNITED STATES

Proficiency Testing Summary Analysis - Toxicology - Drugs of Abuse

September 1978

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

The Accreditation of Testing Laboratories in New Zealand

November 1978

NEW ZEALAND

1978 TELARC Soil Testing Symposium

November 1978

NEW ZEALAND

Nonclinical Laboratory Studies - Good Laboratory Practice Regulations - Federal Register, Vol. 43, No. 247, pp. 59986-60025

December 22, 1978-Final Rule

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

National V oluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) - First, Second

and Third Annual Reports

February 1 976-December 1977, January-December 1978 and January-December 1979

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Ad un buon livello i laboratori metrologici Italiani. ("At a satisfactory

level the Italian metrological laboratories. )-Rivista di meccanica, 24 (662)

1978

ITALY

Primary and secondary calibration centres

1978

ITALY

Struttura ed organizzazione di un laboratorio metrologico per 1

1 esecuzione di

misure dimensional i . ("The configuration and organization of a metrological

laboratory for carrying out dimensional measurements.")

1978

ITALY

I SO Guide 24-1978 (E) - Guidelines for the Acceptance of Testing and

Inspection Agencies by Certification Bodies

1978

SWITZERLAND

86
ISO Guide 25-1978 (E) - Guidelines for Assessing the Technical Competence of

Testing Laboratories

1978

SWITZERLAND

Office of the Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Solar Application

Laboratories Technically Qualified to Test Solar Collectors in Accordance with

AHSRAE Standard 93-77: A Summary Report

' 1978

Department of Energy, UNITED STATES

Evaluation of Milk Laboratories

1978 Edition

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (AALA)

AALA and Your Laboratory

1978

UNITED STATES

1979

Canada and International Standardization

January 1979

CANADA

B ritish Calibration Service - Annual Report 1978

January 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - "Lloyd's Register Today"

January 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Offshore Services

January 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Programs

January 1979

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Qualification Guide for Established Reliab i 1 ity Specifications

January 1979

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

87
Department of Public Health Laboratory Certification

January l9'/9

State of Alabama, UNITED STATES

Board of Accreditation of Concrete Testing Laboratori es, Inc. (BACTL),

Raleigh, NC

Laboratory Accreditation Program

January 1979

State of North Carolina, UNITED STATES

Approved Dairy Laboratory List

January 1979

State of Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES

International Conference on Recognition of National Systems for Accreditation

of Testing Laboratories - First Report Task Force B February '19/9

AUSTRALIA

New Zealand's Registered Engineering Laboratories

March 1979

NEW ZEALAND

NATA and Your Laboratory

July 1979

AUSTRALIA

The National Standards Systems of Canada

July 1979

CANADA

Commonwealth Science Council

Regional (Asia/Pacific) Metrology Programme-Directory of Calibration Services

August 1979

INDIA

Management Briefings on the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations - Post

Conference Report

August 1979

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

General Statutes and Public Health Code Regulations pertaining to the

Operation' of Clinical and Public Health Laboratories

August 1979

State of Connecticut, UNITED STATES

88
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

List of Laboratories Accredited by the AIHA

August 1979

UNITED STATES

Metrology

September 1979

AUSTRALIA

British Calibration Service Publications List

October 1979

GREAT BRITAIN

La metrologia scientifica ed i laboratori metrologici primari e secondary in

Italia. ("Scientific Metrology and the Primary and Secondary Metrological

Laboratories in ITALY")

October 1979

ITALY

List of i aboratories Licensed in the State of Connecticut

October 1979

State of Connecticut, UNITED STATES

American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM-£-699-79-Standard Criteria for Evaluation of Agencies Involved in

Testing, Quality Assurance, and Evaluating Building Components in Accordance

with Test Methods Promulgated by AS! M Committee E-6

October 1979

UNITED STATES

Building Officials and Code Adminstrators International, Inc (BOCA)

Procedures for Listing of Testing Laboratories

October 1979

UNITED STATES

Certified Welding Inspection Organizations

December 1979

CANADA

Equipment and Material Specification; Approval Procedures, Production

Inspection and Test Requirements, and Independent Laboratory Standards - Federal" RegT^fer”'" Vo I'. '44',' No. 243, ppV 73038-73047

December 17, 1979-Rules and Regulations

Department of Transportation, UNITED STATES

89
Testing Agencies and Laboratories Approved by the Ohio Board of Building

Standards as Accredited Authoritative Agencies

December 1979

State of Ohio, UNITED STATES

Gesamtverzeichnis ("General Directory")

1979

GERMANY

Application for the recognition of a laboratory as an Approved Laboratory for

the bacteriological examination and certification of specimens for Contagious

Equine Metritis '(CEM)

1979

IRELAND

Irish Department of Agriculture

Request for testing of specimen for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)

1979

IRELAND

Computer Services of Lloyd's Register

1979

GREAT BRITAIN

Gli impianti per la taratura dei misuratori di portata ed il Servizio di

Taratura in Italia. ("Flowmeter calibration facilities, and the Calibration

Service in Italy")

1979

ITALY

II servizio di taratura in Italia. ("About calibration service in Italy")

1979

ITALY

Circolazione di campioni viaggiatori. ("The circulation of travelling

standards"

)

1979

ITALY

TELARC Index 1979

NEW ZEALAND

We Check for Safety in Sweden

1979

SWEDEN

NVLAP Glossary of Terms for Laboratory Accreditation, Product Certification

and Standardization

1979

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

90
1980

Acoustic and Vibration Measurement

January 1980

AUSTRALIA

Heat and Temperature Measurement

January 1980

AUSTRALIA

Why We Must Accredit Testing Laboratories

January 1980

IRELAND

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 1/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 1/80")

MEXICO

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 1 Requirement for NVLAP Accredited Laboratories

January 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 2/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 2/80")

MEXICO

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 2 Procedures for Renewal of Accreditation

Feburary 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Boletin Informativo SINALP No. 3/80 ("SINALP Bulletin No. 3/80")

MEXICO

Grain Standards - Federal Register, Vol . 45, No. 49, pp. 15802

March 1980

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 4

Comparison of New Criteria with Original Criteria

March 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Lloyd's Register of ^hipping - Annual Report 1979

Apri 1 1 980

GREAT BRITAIN

91
Federal Grain Inspection Service List of Designated Official Agencies and

Chief Inspectors

April 1980

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

A Directory of Labortories Accredited by NATA

June 1980

AUSTRALIA

Annual Report 1979-1980

June 1980

CANADA

Qualified Laboratory List

June 1980

Department of Defense, UNITED STATES

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Committee List, Staff List and Addresses of

Offices

July 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

The Magazine of Lloyd's Register of Shipping - 100A1

July 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Principal Aspects of U.S. Laboratory Accreditation Programs Revised

July 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Lloyd's Reqister of Shipping - Extra Services for the Shipowner

August 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Testing Laboratory Performance: Evaluation and Accreditation

August 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) - Golden, CO

Information and Guidelines for a Proposed Laboratory Accreditation Product

Certification Program for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems

August 1980

UNITED STATES

N ATA Annual Report - Laboratory Accreditation is Indeed a Serious

International Issue

September 1980

AUSTRALIA

92
In~o the Second Decade - The National Standards System of Canada

October 1980

CANAOA

Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Lloyd's Register Industrial Services

October 1980

GREAT BRITAIN

Procedures for the Approval of a Calibration Centre

October 1980

ITALY

Testing of Electronic Equipment and Components

October 1980

DENMARK

The Testing Laboratory Registration Act of 1972

October 1980

NEW ZEALAND

Compliance Program Guidance Manual - Good Laboratory Practice - Nonclinical

Laboratori es October 1980

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

The Standards Council of Canada

November 1980

CANADA

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States Laboratory Accreditation Systems

Compared

November 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Accreditation

November 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Validation of Accreditation Surveys of Hospitals - Federal Register, Vol . 45.

No. 220, pp. 74826-74833

November 1980

Department of Health ani Human Services, UNITED STATES

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 3

Informing the Public of Your Accreditation Status

December 1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

93

Reports of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand (for the

15 months ended March 31, 1974, and for the years ended 1975, 1976, 1977,

1978, 1979, and 1980)

NEW ZEALAND

Certif i cation--Princip1es and Practice

1980

SWITZERLAND

NVLAP - Laboratory Accreditation Criteria

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP - General Information - The Accreditation Process

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Operational Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-01 - Thermal Insulation Materials - Supplemental Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed Field Concrete - Supplemental Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Operational Information ~im

Department of Commerce, JN I TED STATES

NVLAP-03 - Carpet - Supplemental Information

1980

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

95
1981

Proposed Basis of Operation of the Scheme as Endorsed By the Advisory Counc il on Calibration and Measurement

February 1981

GREAT RR I TAIN

NVLAP Tech Brief

NVLAP Proficiency Testing Program; Carpet LAP

February 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NATLAS - National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme

""'April 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

Official Testing in Sweden

April 1981

SWEDEN

History of the Organization

April 1981

SWEDEN

NVLAP Lab Bulletin No. 5 The Value of Your NVLAP Accreditation

April 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

British Calibration Service - List of Approved Laboratories

May 1 980- Apr i 1 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

OECD Decision of the Council Concerning the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the

Assessment of Chemicals (C (81 ) 30 (Final )T

May 1981

FRANCE

OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice

May 1981

FRANCE

National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (NATLAS) To Be Launched

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

96
NATL AS Accreditation Standard-Criteria of Competence To Be Met By Testing

Laboratories

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

NATLAS Regul at ions -Regulations To Be Met By Testing Laboratories

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

N ATLAS Assessor Acceptability Standard-Criteria To Be Met By Laboratory

Assessors

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

The Conduct of NATLAS Assessments (Draft)

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

Guidance for NATLAS Assessors (Oraft)

May 1981

GREAT BRITAIN

NVLAP News

Oecember 1980, March 1981, and July 1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP-02 - Freshly Mixed Field Concrete - Operational Information

1981

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Undated

Australia's Laboratory Accreditation System

AUSTRALIA

Reliability, Accuracy, Consistency, Control

AUSTRALIA

Hvad er autoriseret teknisk provning og hvorledes opnas autorisation? ("What

is accredited technical testing and how is accreditation obtained?")

DENMARK

Hvor far De deres produkter provet? ("How to get your products tested.")

DENMARK

97

Decreto que establece el Sistema Nacional de Calibracion ("Decree Establishing

the National Calibration System")

MEXICO

TELARC Technical Notes

No. 1 A users guide to the calibration requirements of laboratory balances

No. 2 Testing of water and waste water

No. 3 Testing of soils

No. 4 Nondestructive testing

No. 5 Interpretation of radiographs

NEW ZEALAND

What is TELARC

NEW ZEALAND

Principles and Procedures for the Accreditation of Civil Engineering

Laboratori es SOUTH AFRICA

Functional Breakdown and Constitution of Committees CELAC/C.C./l

SOUTH AFRICA

Federal Grain Inspectior Service Checklist for Extension of Official Agency

Designation and Compliance Division Checklist

Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Everyone

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Federal Agencies

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

NVLAP for Private Sector Organizations

Department of Commerce, UNITED STATES

Application package for laboratory applying for licensing under the Clinical

Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967

Department of Health and Human Services, UNITED STATES

Feasibility of an EPA Certification Program

Environmental Protection Agency, UNITED STATES

Agreement for the Approval of Laboratory Service for Examinations Concerned

with Sanitation

State of New York, UNITED STATES

99
American Plywood Association (APA)

Proposal to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) for

Temporary Laboratory Accreditation System

UNITED STATES'

National Safe Transit Association (NSTA)

Technical Verification of Laboratories

UNITED STATES'

100
NBS-M4A rev. 2 -eci U.S C T. OF COMM. BIBU uRAPHIC DATA

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4. TITL L AN D SUBTITLE

A Bib liography on Laboratory Accreditation

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James 0. Bryson, Douglas Thomas, Lisa Drake, Wiley Hall

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accommodate the exchange of world wide information concerning laboratory

accreditation and related subjects.

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Accreditation systems; acceptance testing; hist j ; International Laboratory Accreditation Conference; International testing; Laboratory Accreditation

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