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The importance of proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparisons
Watch our on-demand webinar by Heather McLemore, Senior Accreditation Officer at A2LA.
In this webinar, Heather discusses the background surrounding proficiency testing (PT) and interlaboratory comparisons (ILCs) as required by ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and governed by ILAC P9. She also explores A2LA’s requirements for PT and the PT requirements specific to the food industry.
Key takeaways:
- Understand why proficiency testing is crucial to a lab’s success
- Gain insight into the requirements of A2LA’s proficiency testing policy
- Define the proficiency testing requirements of AOAC/FDA LAAF
Heather McLemore has been with A2LA since 2019. She is currently a Senior Accreditation Officer and oversees the AOAC accreditation program. In January 2020 she became a staff-approved lead assessor and has successfully performed more than a dozen quality management system assessments. She has over 8 years’ food microbiology experience, having worked in both beef slaughter and furthered processed meats facilities. This experience allows Ms. McLemore to generate customer confidence with her knowledge of the ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, as well as understand the language used and tests performed by the labs she is responsible for, throughout the entire accreditation process.
Tim Akin is the former QHSE ‘Product Manager’ for Ideagen. His initial experience with the company was as a customer of Qualtrax, he joined the business as the ‘Product Consultant’ in 2017 to help businesses improve their quality systems. Prior to this, Tim graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from Lyon College and worked as a forensic chemist for 6 years in ISO accredited government laboratories.
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