ISO/IEC 17043 Proficiency Testing Provider System
ISO/IEC 17043 Proficiency Testing Provider System
Run proficiency testing schemes that participants, accreditation bodies and regulators are willing to rely on.
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Read the guide: ISO/IEC 17043:2023: what PT providers must meet and what changed
By document type
| Category | Files |
|---|---|
| Manuals | 2 |
| Policies | 3 |
| Procedures & SOPs | 26 |
| Plans & Programmes | 1 |
| Forms & Records | 63 |
| Checklists & Audit Tools | 8 |
| Registers, Logs & Matrices | 1 |
| Training & Awareness | 2 |
| Guides & Work Instructions | 4 |
Key documents
| Reference | Document | Format |
|---|---|---|
| AGS-QM-01 | Quality Manual | Word |
| QP-08 | Design and Planning of a PT Scheme | Word |
| QP-12 | Homogeneity and Stability Assessment of PT Items | Word |
| QP-16 | Evaluation and Reporting of PT Scheme Results | Word |
| F-OPN-03 | PT Scheme Design Plan | Word |
| F-CSD-03 | Participants Data Bank | Word |
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Overview
Proficiency testing is the external check that keeps laboratory results honest. ISO/IEC 17043 specifies the general requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers and for the development and operation of the schemes themselves, in which participant performance is evaluated against pre-established criteria through interlaboratory comparison. It is how laboratories, inspection bodies and other conformity-assessment participants demonstrate the ongoing validity of their results and satisfy the assurance requirements set by standards such as ISO/IEC 17025. This documentation is built to the 2023 edition and covers schemes in testing, calibration, measurement, examination and inspection.
The technical heart of a provider is the scheme itself. This set works through scheme design and planning, review of participant nomination, selection of the test or measurement method, production of proficiency test items, homogeneity and stability assessment before release, determination of the assigned value and its uncertainty, and the performance criteria applied to participant results. Item handling, storage, packaging, labelling and distribution are controlled, participants receive written instructions, and collusion and falsification are treated as risks to be actively prevented rather than assumed away. Compliance is checked against the standard's own clause groups, the same lines on which accreditation bodies operating under ISO/IEC 17011, often within the ILAC arrangement, assess providers.
What this system covers
- Scheme design and planning — technical basis, participant nomination review and the testing calendar
- Production of proficiency test items, with homogeneity and stability assessment before release
- Assigned values — determining the value and its uncertainty, and the performance criteria applied to participants
- Prevention of collusion and falsification between participants
- Handling, storage, packaging, labelling and distribution of test items
- Impartiality, and confidentiality of participant identities, data and results
- Reporting to participants, participant instructions, and guidance on how a report may be used
- Clause-group compliance — general, structural, resource, process and management requirements checked separately
Who it's for
For laboratories, sector associations and independent providers running interlaboratory comparisons who need accreditation to ISO/IEC 17043 before participants and their accreditation bodies will accept the results, and for established providers launching a scheme in a new technical field. It leaves the provider with the design rationale, the item production and homogeneity evidence, and the basis of every assigned value written down and open to challenge.
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No. These are documentation toolkits aligned to the relevant standard to help you prepare. Certification itself is issued by an accredited certification body after their audit. Our toolkits give you a strong, audit-ready starting point.
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