Proficiency Testing
Proficiency testing, including measurement audits, is an important tool used by accreditation bodies to assist in assessing the technical competence of laboratories. It is also an important tool for APAC in evaluating the comparability of tests and calibration results among laboratories accredited by APAC members. To this end, APAC continues the previous APLAC investment by providing a series of proficiency testing programs, each of which is coordinated by an APAC member accreditation body. Participation in APAC PT programs is only available via nomination by the laboratory’s domestic APAC member accreditation body.
Proficiency testing providers accredited by APAC Members
The following APAC Members accredit proficiency testing providers. For more information please go to the specific APAC Member’s website.
| Australia | National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) |
| Canada | Standards Council of Canada (SCC) |
| China, People’s Republic of | China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorian Accreditation Service (SAE) |
| Hong Kong, China | Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) |
| India | National Accreditation Board for Testing And Calibration Laboratories (NABL) |
| Indonesia | Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) |
| Iran | National Accreditation Center of Iran (NACI) |
| Japan | Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) |
| Kazakhstan | National Center of Accreditation (NCA) |
| Korea, Republic of | Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (KCA) |
| Malaysia | Jabatan Standard Malaysia (Standards Malaysia) |
| Mexico | entidad mexicana de acreditación, a.c. (ema) |
| Mongolia | Mongolian National Accreditation Service (MNAS) |
| New Zealand | International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) |
| Pakistan | Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) |
| Philippines | Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) |
| Russian Federation | Association of Analytical Centers (AAC Analitica) |
| Russian Federation | Federal Service for Accreditation (RusAccreditation) |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Accreditation Committee (SAAC) |
| Singapore | Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (SLAB) |
| Chinese Taipei | Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) |
| Thailand | Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation, Department of Science Service (BLA-DSS) |
| United Arab Emirates | Emirates International Accreditation Center (EIAC) |
| United States of America | American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) |
| United States of America | ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) |
| United States of America | International Accreditation Service Inc. (IAS) |
| United States of America | Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) |
| Uzbekistan | Center for Accreditation (OZAKK) |
| Viet Nam | Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) |
APAC proficiency testing programs completed, underway and planned
Please go to the TEC2 series of APAC publications to view a list of interlaboratory proficiency testing programs provided by APAC. For further details, please contact Mr. He Ping, Chairman of the APAC Proficiency Testing Subcommittee at: heping@cnas.org.cn
Other proficiency testing providers
For information, a database of Proficiency Testing Providers can also be found on the BAM EPTIS website
APAC proficiency testing needs survey
On an occassional basis, APAC undertakes a survey amoungst its members to idenitify proficiency testing needs in the Asia Paciffic region. See 2021 APAC PT Needs Survey for the latest survey results.