ASTM C1210-06
(Guide)Standard Guide for Establishing a Measurement System Quality Control Program for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Within the Nuclear Industry
Standard Guide for Establishing a Measurement System Quality Control Program for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Within the Nuclear Industry
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1.1 This standard provides guidance for establishing and maintaining a measurement system quality control program. Guidance is provided for general program considerations, preparation of quality control samples, analysis of quality control samples, quality control data analysis, analyst qualification, measurement system calibration, measurement method qualification, and measurement system maintenance.
1.2 This guidance is provided in the following sections:
Section General Quality Control Program Considerations4 Quality Control Samples5 Analysis of Quality Control Samples6 Quality Control Data Analysis7 Analyst Qualification8 Measurement System Calibration9 Measurement Method Qualification10 Measurement System Maintenance11
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Designation: C1210 – 06
Standard Guide for
Establishing a Measurement System Quality Control
Program for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Within the
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Nuclear Industry
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1210; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope 2.2 ANSI Standards:
ANSI/ASQ B1 Guide for Quality Control Charts
1.1 This standard provides guidance for establishing and
ANSI/ASQ B2 Control Chart Method of Analyzing Data
maintaining a measurement system quality control program.
ANSI/ASQ B3 Control Chart Method of Controlling Qual-
Guidance is provided for general program considerations,
ity During Production
preparation of quality control samples, analysis of quality
control samples, quality control data analysis, analyst qualifi-
3. Significance and Use
cation, measurement system calibration, measurement method
3.1 A laboratory quality assurance program is an essential
qualification, and measurement system maintenance.
program for laboratories within the nuclear industry. Guide
1.2 This guidance is provided in the following sections:
C1009 provides guidance for establishing a quality assurance
Section
program for an analytical laboratory within the nuclear indus-
General Quality Control Program Considerations 4
Quality Control Samples 5
try. The basic elements of a laboratory quality assurance
Analysis of Quality Control Samples 6
program are organization, quality assurance program, training
Quality Control DataAnalysis 7
and qualification, procedures, laboratory records, control of
Analyst Qualification 8
Measurement System Calibration 9
records, control of procurement, control of measuring equip-
Measurement Method Qualification 10
ment and materials, control of measurements, and deficiencies
Measurement System Maintenance 11
and corrective actions. This guide deals with the control of
2. Referenced Documents
measurements aspect of the laboratory quality assurance pro-
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gram. Fig. 1 shows the relationship of measurement control
2.1 ASTM Standards:
with other essential aspects of a laboratory quality assurance
C1009 Guide for Establishing a QualityAssurance Program
program.
for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Within the Nuclear
3.2 The fundamental purposes of a measurement control
Industry
program are to provide the with use assurance (real-time
C1068 Guide for Qualification of Measurement Methods by
control)thatameasurementsystemisperformingsatisfactorily
a Laboratory Within the Nuclear Industry
and to provide the data necessary to quantify measurement
C1128 Guide for Preparation of Working Reference Mate-
system performance. The with use assurance is usually pro-
rials for Use in Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials
vided through the satisfactory analysis of quality control
C1156 Guide for Establishing Calibration for a Measure-
samples (reference value either known or unknown to the
ment Method Used to Analyze Nuclear Fuel Cycle Mate-
analyst). The data necessary to quantify measurement system
rials
performanceisusuallyprovidedthroughtheanalysisofquality
C1297 Guide for Qualification of Laboratory Analysts for
controlsamplesortheduplicateanalysisofprocesssamples,or
the Analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials
both. In addition to the analyses of quality control samples, the
laboratory quality control program should address (1) the
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This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel preparation and verification of standards and reagents, (2) data
CycleandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeC26.08onQualityAssurance
analysis procedures and documentation, (3) calibration and
Applications.
calibration procedures, (4) measurement method qualification,
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2006. Published February 2006. Originally
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(5) analyst qualification, and (6) other general program con-
approved in 1991. Last previous edition approved in 1996 as C1210 – 96 . DOI:
10.1520/C1210-06.
siderations.Otherelementsoflaboratoryqualityassurancealso
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