QUALITY MANAGEMENT AT THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY, AN INEVITABLE COMPLIANCE WITH A NEW ORDER

Society has set new requirements on the performance of analytical labo ratories to increase the reliability and comparability of data. Labora tories now have to show objective evidence that the analysis has been done in a proper manner, with appropriate tools, and by validated meth ods. International accepted reference documents have been developed wh ich describe quality control, quality assurance, and the minimum requi rements for quality systems and their management. The quality system o f the laboratory for INAA of the Inter-faculty Reactor Institute has b een accredited to comply with the requirements of EN45001, which follo w the 150-25 guide. In this paper, identified necessities to change th e working organization at a laboratory are given, together with practi cal experiences with a quality system at a (university) research labor atory.