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NIST Quality System
The NIST Quality System for Measurement Services is based on the ISO/IEC 17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) and includes the requirements of ISO 17034 (General requirements for the competence of reference material producers), ISO/IEC 17043 (General requirements for proficiency testing) and ISO/TS 8000 (Data quality) as they apply to the various measurement services that NIST delivers.
Introduction
The scope of the NIST Quality System includes the delivery ofCalibration Services,Standard Reference Instruments,Standard Reference Data, and the development and certification ofStandard Reference Materials. The NIST Quality Manager, Sally Bruce, is responsible for the administration of the quality system. The NIST quality system for measurement services satisfies the requirements of theInternational Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM)Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for recognition of national measurement standards; and as such, has been recognized as conformant by theInter-American Metrology System (SIM) Quality System Task Force and theJoint Committee of the Regional Metrology Organizations and the BIPM (JCRB). The BIPM is theInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Contacts
NIST Quality System
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