TRAINING COURSE TITLE:

EVALUATION AND ESTIMATION OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF MEARUMENTS

To whom it is addressed:

The training course is addressed to Quality Managers, Technical Managers, Internal Auditors of QMS according to ISO 17025 and ISO 15189, as well as to Scientific and Technical Staff of Testing, Calibration and Medical Laboratories.

Trainer:

Miltiadis Volotopoulos, Chemical Engineer, MSc Quality Management, Member of the Chartered Quality Institute of UK, Management Systems Development Consultant of PROSPERITY Ltd. with experience since 1995 in more than 60 laboratory accreditations and delivery of more than 200 training courses.

FIRST DAY

11.00 – 11.45  Introduction, What is uncertainty of measurement,

                      What is measurement error - Random and systematic errors,

                      The methodology for estimating the measurement uncertainty,

                      Sources of uncertainty, Classification and modeling of uncertainties,

                      Common Probability distributions.

11.45 – 12.00  Break

12.00 – 12.45  Normal distribution,

                       Exercise 1:  Evaluation of the confidence limits,

                      The Student distribution (t-distribution).

12.45 – 13.00  Break

13.00 – 13.45  Quantification of uncertainties, Type A and type B uncertainties - Classification of uncertainties,

                      Convert to a standard deviation, Examples of conversion to a standard deviation,

                       Exercise 2: Conversion to a standard deviation.

13.45 – 14.00  Break

14.00 – 14.45  Combined and Expanded Uncertainty, Coverage Factor K,

                       Exercise 3:  Quantification and Combination of Uncertainties,

                       Exercise 4:  Calculation of the Combined Uncertainty.

14.45 – 15.00  Break

15.00 - 15.45  Exercise 5: Estimation of the uncertainty of a standard solution used for the calibration of an Atomic Absorption.

15.45 – 16.00  Break

16.00 – 16.45  Sensitivity coefficients Ci,

                      Preparing an uncertainty budget,

                       Exercise 6: Preparing an uncertainty budget.

SECOND DAY

11.00 – 11.45  Exercise 7: Preparation of an uncertainty budget for the uniaxial compressive strength of concrete cubes.

11.45 – 12.00  Break

12.00 – 12.45  Significance test - Modified coverage factors Kp, Degrees of freedom – Student distribution – Kp values,

                       Exercise 8: Calculating the degrees of freedom and Kp.

12.45 – 13.00  Break

13.00 – 13.45  Uncertainty due to systematic errors (Bias),

                       Exercise 9: Estimating the Uncertainty due to systematic errors (Bias) using a certified reference material,

                       Exercise 10: Estimating the uncertainty due to systematic errors (Bias) using the results from participation in

                      Proficiency testing,

13.45 – 14.00  Break

14.00 – 14.45  Uncertainty of the calibration curve,

                       Exercise 11:  Estimation of the uncertainty of the calibration curve.

14.45 – 15.00  Break

15.00 – 15.45  Estimation of the uncertainty for microbiological laboratories,

Exercise 12:   Estimation of the uncertainty in microbiological testing,

                      Estimation of the uncertainty in medical laboratories.

15.45 – 16.00  Break

16.00 - 16.45  Reporting uncertainty, Compliance with specifications,