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Implementation of the quality management system at the Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Safety (LPSR) in Portugal

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The paper describes the activities carried out for the implementation of the quality management system (QMS) at the Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Safety (LPSR) in Portugal in order to achieve the management and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and to get the accreditation for ten tests. The implementation of the QMS based on this international standard allowed LPSR to improve the methods, to identify problems, to implement preventive and corrective actions, to generate valid results and to achieve a stable level of high-quality output recognized by an independent body in the scope of waters, metrology, radiation and radiochemistry.

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Thanks are due to the staff of LPSR who was involved in the accreditation of its methods: Albertina Libanio, Ana Rita Gomes, Carlos Oliveira, Dina Alves, João Abrantes, João Cardoso, Gabriel Silva, Gonçalo Carvalhal, Lidia Silva, Manuela Saraiva, Maria Emília Pacheco, Maria José Bação Madruga, Mario Capucho dos Reis, Marta Santos, Sandra Rangel.

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  1. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal

    I. Lopes, L. Santos, M. F. Pereira, P. Vaz & J. G. Alves

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Lopes, I., Santos, L., Pereira, M.F. et al. Implementation of the quality management system at the Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Safety (LPSR) in Portugal. Accred Qual Assur 19, 355–360 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-014-1073-4

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