10^th WORKSHOP ON PROFICIENCY TESTING IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY,
MICROBIOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Windsor (UK), 25^th – 28^th September 2023

The EURACHEM Proficiency Testing Working Group (www.eurachem.org), in co-operation with CITAC (www.citac.cc) and EQALM (www.eqalm.org), is organising the 10th event of a series of Workshops addressing current practice and future directions of proficiency testing (PT) and external quality assessment (EQA) in analytical chemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine.

Venue

The workshop will take place at the De Vere Beaumont hotel in Windsor, a town on the River Thames in southeast England, just west of London. It is home to Windsor Castle, a residence of the British Royal Family, built by William The Conqueror in the 11th century. The story of De Vere Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor is a very British one; a tale of democracy, royalty, education and religion. At its heart, sits an 18th-century mansion, a chapel, 75 event spaces and a Georgian white house in 40 acres of parkland grounds. The original house was built for Lord Weymouth but it was during its time as a public school, from 1854 – 1967, that saw most of the estate’s architectural developments.

 

Technical Programme

The workshop will include training sessions, keynote lectures, short presentations, working group discussions and poster sessions, to enable interactive participation and cross-fertilisation of ideas.  The official language of the workshop will be in English. Invited lectures and accepted presentations/posters will be considered, through peer-review, for publication as full papers as a topical focus in an issue of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (Springer Verlag). 

 

Training Sessions

Four training sessions, open to workshop delegates, on the following topics:

• Basic statistics

• Further statistics

• PT scheme design

• Ensuring the Quality of PT test items

 

Lectures and Working Group Topics 

• Revision of ISO/IEC 17043

• Guidance on different methods for setting the standard deviation for proficiency assessment

• Collusion or falsification of results in PT – why does it happen and how can it be prevented

• Comparisons of synthetic vs real PT items

• Emerging trends in PT

• Risk analysis approach for PT participation

 

Who should attend?

The workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for PT/EQA scheme organisers, and end-users of PT/EQA (laboratories, accreditation bodies, regulators and the laboratories’ customers) to come together and share their views.

 

Registration

Visit the workshop website to register.

 

Workshop Secretariat

Adele Collins
Phone:     +44 161 762 2555
Email:      adele.collins@lgcgroup.com
Website: www.eurachem-pt2023.org

  

Brian Brookman
Chair Eurachem PT Working Group
LGC, Bury, UK