Trends in the development of proficiency testing for chemical analysis: focus on food and environmental matrices

IRB Olivares, GB De Souza… - … and Quality Assurance, 2022 - Springer
The importance of quality in analytical chemistry stimulates the development of different
tools to assure the reliability of analytical results. Among different tools, proficiency testing …

Temporal distribution and ecological risk assessment for pesticides in water from the north-central coastal zone of Sinaloa, Mexico

JB Leyva-Morales, P de Jesús Bastidas-Bastidas… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Water contamination with pesticides is one of the major pollution problems in northwestern
Mexico, and this is due to the extensive use of pesticides in agriculture. In this research …

Detection of organochlorine pesticides in estuarine sediments of protected wetlands in Taiwan using high‐resolution gas chromatography/high‐resolution mass …

YH Lai, KH Chi, WX Zhou, YC Hsu… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trace residues of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in estuarine surface sediments were
investigated at three protected wetlands in southern Taiwan using high‐resolution gas …

External quality assessment in the absence of proficiency testing: A split-Sample testing program experience

L Guiñón, J García-Villoria, A Ribes, L Gort, A Molina… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the field of laboratory medicine, proficiency testing is a vehicle used to improve the
reliability of reported results. When proficiency tests are unavailable for a given analyte, an …

Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables in Indonesia: findings of five-year proficiency testing

MM Pitoi, H Harmoko, A Tresnawati… - … and Quality Assurance, 2022 - Springer
The first proficiency testing of pesticides in fruits and vegetables in Indonesia is reported.
This report covers the findings of five-year proficiency testings. Every year, from 2016 to …

Variations in the classification of laboratory performance due to different protocols for use in proficiency testing programs

C de Holleben, EC de Oliveira - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to evaluate variations in the classification of laboratory
performance due to different protocols for use in Proficiency Testing Programs. Here …