Please search the product catalogue for your requirements or browse our full list of available reference materials. These are available across a wide range of analyte/matrix combination.
The new range of Fapas Reference Materials brings an increased measurement certainty for our customers.
The implementation of quality control procedures in a laboratory is always recommended, whether or not this is driven by formal accreditation to the relevant standard. The quality control monitoring should include participation in Fapas proficiency testing programmes and/or the use of reference materials. Monitoring and reviewing the resultant data has to be a planned activity for accredited laboratories.
These matrix-matched reference materials are an essential tool for quality assurance, method validation and training.
Reference Materials (RMs) have a much higher degree of characterisation than PT or QC materials with a defined chain of traceability. RMs undergo formal stability testing for both short-term and long-term applications. RMs have an associated datasheet which lists the reference values and their expanded uncertainty U. The value of U is not a performance limit but is the uncertainty relating to the reference value. RMs therefore have a greater degree of trust in their values and can be used for method calibration purposes. Fapas RMs are generated according to the principles of ISO 17034:2016 General requirements for the competence of reference material producers.
Uses and properties of Reference Material (RM) samples
- Provides a measure of accuracy
- Reference values provided with uncertainty limits, independently of laboratory performance
- Can be used for method validation or verification
- Have a high degree of trust, enhancing confidence
- Can be used to troubleshoot PT performance, generate control charts and for staff training
- Stability fully characterised for long-term availability
- Can be used for calibration purposes, including value assignment to other materials
- Available only once fully characterised
- CRMs have a defined traceability, which is also a characteristic of FAPAS RMs.