caa a22 4500 605465959 CHVBK 20210128100305.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00769-015-1126-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00769-015-1126-3 Yuvamoto Priscila General Coordination for Accreditation (Cgcre), National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, 50, Xerém, 25250-020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil aut Microbiology proficiency testing of Brazilian accredited laboratories [Elektronische Daten] [Priscila Yuvamoto] Proficiency testing (PT) schemes are an important tool to evaluate the performance of the laboratories. In microbiological testing, one of the most frequent areas for testing in Brazilian accredited laboratories, there are specific challenges related to the variability in measurement results (organisms, methods, matrices and others) all the more as critical and regulated areas are covered. The aim of this study was to obtain an overview about the PT activities within microbiology in order to learn about the local difficulties and possibilities. A questionnaire was sent to the accredited laboratories, and the answers will be used by CGCRE (Brazilian accreditation body) to establish policies, standardize the practices to the laboratories and also provide an orientation to PT providers. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Laboratory accreditation nationallicence Proficiency testing nationallicence Microbiological testing nationallicence Environmental area nationallicence Foodstuff area nationallicence Accreditation and Quality Assurance Springer Berlin Heidelberg 20/4(2015-08-01), 319-323 0949-1775 20:4<319 2015 20 769 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1126-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-015-1126-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Yuvamoto Priscila General Coordination for Accreditation (Cgcre), National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, 50, Xerém, 25250-020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Accreditation and Quality Assurance Springer Berlin Heidelberg 20/4(2015-08-01), 319-323 0949-1775 20:4<319 2015 20 769