With the help of leading Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) microbiology specialists in Europe, a complete set of guidelines on how to start and implement a quality system in a microbiological laboratory has been prepared, supported by the European Commission through the Measurement and Testing Programme. The working group included food and water microbiologists from various testing laboratories, universities and industry, as well as statisticians and QA and QC specialists in chemistry.

This book contains the outcome of their work. It has been written with the express...

With the help of leading Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) microbiology specialists in Europe, a complete set of guidelines on how to start and implement a quality system in a microbiological laboratory has been prepared, supported by the European Commission through the Measurement and Testing Programme. The working group included food and water microbiologists from various testing laboratories, universities and industry, as well as statisticians and QA and QC specialists in chemistry.

This book contains the outcome of their work. It has been written with the express...

Taglich werden in Europa tausende mikrobiologische Analysen durchgefuhrt, besonders zur Uberwachung der Qualitat von Lebensmitteln, Trinkwasser oder Badegewassern. Um Proben und Messergebnisse im gesamten europaischen Raum vergleichen und austauschen zu konnen, sind einheitliche Qualitatsstandards Voraussetzung. Diese wurden in verschiedenen EU-Projekten erarbeitet und unterstutzt von der Europaischen Kommision in entsprechenden Richtlinien formuliert. Dabei wurde die EN 45001 zugrunde gelegt (nun ersetzt durch die Norm ISO/IEC 17025 "Allgemeine Anforderungen an die Kompetenz von Pruf- und...