Information leaflets
Eurachem Information Leaflets are short briefing documents on a specific topic. Information leaflets are usually intended to inform a wide audience, including laboratory staff, managers and laboratory customers.
Like Guides, Information Leaflets are developed by the different Working Groups, often in cooperation with other organisations.
Eurachem information leaflets are all available free of charge from the website. Many have been translated into several languages.
Current Eurachem Information Leaflets
The current list of topics and information leaflets is given below. All leaflets are available in English; availability in additional languages is indicated below. "Translations available" indicates that more than four language versions (including English) are available.
Previous editions, which may be available in additional languages, can be found in our publication archive.
Accreditation
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ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - A New Accreditation Standard (2018) | Translations available
Proficiency testing
- Proficiency Testing Schemes and other interlaboratory comparisons (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- How can Proficiency Testing help my laboratory? (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- Selecting the right proficiency testing scheme for my laboratory (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- Proficiency testing - How much, and how often? (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- Pre- and post-analytical proficiency testing (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- Use of surplus Proficiency Test items (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- How to investigate poor performance in proficiency testing (2022) | Translations available (1st ed)
- PT Schemes for sampling (2020) | Translations available
- Let's call a PT scheme a PT scheme! (2022)
Measurement uncertainty and traceability
- Information leaflet for lab customers concerning the quality of chemical analyses (2000) | German, Portuguese, Turkish
- Traceability of Analytical Results (2019) | Translations available
- Use of uncertainty information in compliance assessment (2021) | Farsi, German, Ukrainian
- Using repeated measurements to improve the standard uncertainty (2015) | Translations available
- Treatment of an observed bias (2017) | Translations available
- Setting target measurement uncertainty (2018) | Translations available
- What is the uncertainty factor? (2021) | German, Farsi
Method validation
- The importance of method validation (2021) | Farsi, German, Turkish
Terminology
- You talk, we understand – The way out of the tower of Babel
An introduction to terminology in measurement (2023)
Withdrawn and Superseded Information Leaflets
Some older Eurachem Information leaflets have been superseded by the current editions listed above or withdrawn as no longer of current interest. Available electronic copies of all superseded guidance are, however, listed in the Publication Archive for reference.
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