ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas
This paper describes the implementation process of a Quality Management System (QMS) at the Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC) in Brazil, aiming for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Due to the governmental nature of the entity, all accreditation efforts had to be undertaken on a particular legal fra...
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Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)
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| author | Rodrigo Leandro Bonifácio Danila Carrijo da Silva Dias Daniela de Assis Bocóli Maria Helena Tirollo Taddei Nivaldo Carlos Silva Marcos Roberto Lopes Nascimento |
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This paper describes the implementation process of a Quality Management System (QMS) at the Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC) in Brazil, aiming for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Due to the governmental nature of the entity, all accreditation efforts had to be undertaken on a particular legal framework – not usually favorable to QMS requirements. As the scope consisted of both chemical and radiation test methods (for which only a few labs are accredited worldwide), this initiative turned into a complex endeavor for the organization. In this sense, critical aspects on the development of a QMS are emphasized. LAPOC’s approach to achieve accreditation focused on the branches of documentation development and method validation/uncertainty estimation, whose challenges are here discussed. Upon the successful conclusion of its quality assurance project, LAPOC became the national pioneer in the field of accredited radiation measurements. This case study may be inspiring to other public institutions that struggle to obtain accreditation of radioanalytical test methods in an environment of low resources availability and restricted manpower.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a81a78c72ce64b4a9d575bd8eac512372022-12-22T03:34:46ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122018-09-016310.15392/bjrs.v6i3.361ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de CaldasRodrigo Leandro Bonifácio0Danila Carrijo da Silva Dias1Daniela de Assis Bocóli2Maria Helena Tirollo Taddei3Nivaldo Carlos Silva4Marcos Roberto Lopes Nascimento5Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil.Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil.Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil.Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil.Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil.Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC), Brazilian Nuclear Commission of Nuclear Energy (CNEN), Poços de Caldas/MG, Brazil. This paper describes the implementation process of a Quality Management System (QMS) at the Laboratory of Poços de Caldas (LAPOC) in Brazil, aiming for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Due to the governmental nature of the entity, all accreditation efforts had to be undertaken on a particular legal framework – not usually favorable to QMS requirements. As the scope consisted of both chemical and radiation test methods (for which only a few labs are accredited worldwide), this initiative turned into a complex endeavor for the organization. In this sense, critical aspects on the development of a QMS are emphasized. LAPOC’s approach to achieve accreditation focused on the branches of documentation development and method validation/uncertainty estimation, whose challenges are here discussed. Upon the successful conclusion of its quality assurance project, LAPOC became the national pioneer in the field of accredited radiation measurements. This case study may be inspiring to other public institutions that struggle to obtain accreditation of radioanalytical test methods in an environment of low resources availability and restricted manpower. https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/361quality management systemISO/IEC 170252005accreditationradiation measurementmethod validation |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Leandro Bonifácio Danila Carrijo da Silva Dias Daniela de Assis Bocóli Maria Helena Tirollo Taddei Nivaldo Carlos Silva Marcos Roberto Lopes Nascimento ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences quality management system ISO/IEC 17025 2005 accreditation radiation measurement method validation |
| title | ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas |
| title_full | ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas |
| title_fullStr | ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas |
| title_full_unstemmed | ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas |
| title_short | ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy – Laboratory of Poços de Caldas |
| title_sort | iso iec 17025 accreditation of radiation measurement test methods in the brazilian national commission for nuclear energy laboratory of pocos de caldas |
| topic | quality management system ISO/IEC 17025 2005 accreditation radiation measurement method validation |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/361 |
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