Ensuring the quality of analytical measurements – current support and future challenges

• Abstract:

  Established in 1989, the aim of Eurachem is to provide a focus for analytical chemistry and qualityrelated issues in Europe. The main objectives are establishing a system for the international traceability of chemical measurement results and the promotion of good quality practices. Eurachem currently has 36 member countries and is effectively a ‘network of networks’. A requirement of membership is the establishment of a national Eurachem network which supports the dissemination of Eurachem’s aims and outputs. Eurachem also has liaison arrangements with a number of European and international organisations. In 2019, Eurachem marked its 30th anniversary. While the network is ‘badged’ as a focus for analytical chemistry in Europe, in recent years the audience for Eurachem activities has become much broader than analytical chemists making measurements in a laboratory setting. Interest in quality assurance now extends across a broad range of disciplines and measurement environments. This paper will review Eurachem’s achievements over the past 30 years and look forward to some of the challenges ahead.
• Keywords:

  Method validation, Measurement uncertainty, Metrological traceability, Sampling, Testing, Guidance
• Download:

  IMEKO-TC10-2020-025.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_tc10-2020.025

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