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NCSL RP 9 : 2014

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LABORATORY CAPABILITY DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINE
Published date

01-12-2013

Preface
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1 Purpose
2 Scope
3 History and development
4 Terminology and definitions
5 Objectives of a laboratory's scope of capability
   5.1 Statements of uncertainty
   5.2 Selecting the appropriate statement of capability
6 Methods for developing statements of capability
   6.1 Statement of capability by parameter of measurement
       6.1.1 Example capability statement by parameter of
             measurement
       6.1.2 Considerations for capability statements by
             parameter of measurement
   6.2 Capability statement by device or object tested or
       calibrated
       6.2.1 Example object of measurement capability statement
   6.3 Capability statement by method of test
   6.4 Expression of methods summary
7 Calibration and testing laboratory capability listings
   7.1 Recommended capability declarations
   7.2 Recommended descriptors
       7.2.1 Fields of testing
       7.2.2 Fields of calibration or measurement
   7.3 Example calibration laboratory scope of capability
       7.3.1 Example calibration laboratory auxiliary statements
   7.4 Example testing laboratory scope of capability
       7.4.1 Example testing laboratory auxiliary statements
   7.5 Supporting evidence for capability statements
       7.5.1 Parameter-based measurement capability statements
       7.5.2 Device- or object-based measurement capability
             statements
       7.5.3 Specified standard test method
8 Declaration of method(s) for ensuring the adequacy of measurement
   8.1 Control of and/or reporting of measurement decision risk
       8.1.1 Statistically computed false accept or reject risk
       8.1.2 Application of tolerance guard-bands
       8.1.3 Application of the assumed-risk method
   8.2 Ratio of measurement uncertainty to the applied tolerance
   8.3 Ratio of the collective uncertainty of the standards used
       to the applied tolerance
   8.4 Other methods for ensuring the adequacy of measurement
9 Expressing traceability and inherited uncertainty
10 References

Applies to facilitate the uniform description of measurement capabilities offered by test and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies (IBs), and proficiency testing providers (PTPs).

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National Conference of Standards Laboratories
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