- ISO/IEC 17043
Proficiency Testing Provider accreditation
Accreditation for Proficiency Testing (PT) providers to demonstrate their competence to plan and implement proficiency testing programs.
Home > Accreditation > Standards > Proficiency Testing Providers accreditation
Accreditation for Proficiency Testing (PT) providers to demonstrate their competence to plan and implement proficiency testing programs.
Participation in PT schemes allow laboratories to assess their conduct of specific tests, measurements or calibrations compared to similar laboratories. The ongoing opportunity to compare data can minimise the risk of errors, biases or differences which may occur when operating in isolation.
Proficiency testing provides a chance to undertake comparisons and to have an independent appraisal of the laboratory’s data compared to reference values (or other performance criteria) or to the performance of similar laboratories. The results from such participation provide laboratory managers with either a confirmation that the laboratory’s performance is satisfactory or an alert that investigation of potential problems within the laboratory is required.
Accreditation provides users of these schemes (such as laboratories, regulatory bodies, UKAS technical assessors) with increased confidence that the schemes are being operated competently in accordance with specified technical and management system requirements. UKAS has accredited providers of PT schemes in the following areas:
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping these cookies enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
Find out more on our privacy statement page