Development of a quality assurance program for ionizing radiation secondary calibration laboratories
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD (United States)
For calibration laboratories, routine calibrations of instruments meeting stated accuracy goals are important. One method of achieving the accuracy goals is to establish and follow a quality assurance program designed to monitor all aspects of the calibration program and to provide the appropriate feedback mechanism if adjustments are needed. In the United States there are a number of organizations with laboratory accreditation programs. All existing accreditation programs require that the laboratory implement a quality assurance program with essentially the same elements in all of these programs. Collectively, these elements have been designated as a Measurement Quality Assurance (MQA) program. This paper will briefly discuss the interrelationship of the elements of an MQA program. Using the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) X-ray Calibration Laboratory (XCL) as an example, it will focus on setting up a quality control program for the equipment in a Secondary Calibration Laboratory.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 250234
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-10076; CONF-9303220-; ON: DE96008816; TRN: 96:002617-0025
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop on measurement quality assurance for ionizing radiation, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 16-18 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]; Related Information: Is Part Of Workshop on measurement quality assurance for ionizing radiation: Proceedings; Heath, J.A.; Swinth, K.L. [comps.]; PB: 468 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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