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The Importance of Proficiency Testing & Interlaboratory Comparisons
Watch on demand the presentation by Heather McLemore, Senior Accreditation Officer A2LA. In this webinar, Heather discusses the background surrounding PT and ILCs as required by ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and governed byILAC P9, A2LA’s requirements for PT, and the PT requirements specifically for the food industry.
- Understand why PT is important to a lab’s success
- Define the requirements of A2LA’s PT policy
- Define the PT requirements of AOAC/FDA LAAF
Tim Akin is the former QHSE ‘Product Marketing Manager’ for Ideagen. His initial experience with the company was as a customer of Qualtrax, he joined the business as the ‘Product Consultant’ in 2017 to help businesses improve their quality systems. Prior to this, Tim graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from Lyon College and worked as a forensic chemist for 6 years in ISO accredited government laboratories.
Heather McLemore has been with A2LA since 2019. She is currently a Senior Accreditation Officer and oversees the AOAC accreditation program. In January 2020 she became a staff-approved lead assessor and has successfully performed more than a dozen quality management system assessments. She has over 8 years’ food microbiology experience, having worked in both beef slaughter and furthered processed meats facilities. This experience allows Ms. McLemore to generate customer confidence with her knowledge of the ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, as well as understand the language used and tests performed by the labs she is responsible for, throughout the entire accreditation process.