Designation:D6808−02(Reapproved2012)StandardPracticeforCompetencyRequirementsofReferenceMaterialProducersforWaterAnalysis1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6808;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeestablishesthegeneralrequirementswithwhichareferencematerials(RM)producerhastodemonstratethatitoperates,ifitistoberecognizedascompetenttoproduceRMsusedforwateranalysis.1.2Thispracticeestablishesthequalitysystemrequire-mentsinaccordancewithwhichwatersRMsshallbepro-duced.ItisintendedtobeusedaspartofaRMproducer’sgeneralQAprocedures.RMproducersshalldefinetheirscopeintermsoftheapplication,themeasurementmethodsusedinthehomogeneity,stabilityandcharacterizationstudies.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1129TerminologyRelatingtoWaterD6362PracticeforCertificatesofReferenceMaterialsforWaterAnalysis2.2ISODocuments:3ISO/IEC17025:1999GeneralRequirementsfortheCompe-tenceofCalibrationandTestingLaboratoriesISO8402:1994QualityManagementandQualityAssurance—VocabularyISO10012-1:1992QualityAssuranceRequirementsforMeasuringEquipment—Part1:MetrologicalConfirma-tionSystemsforMeasuringEquipmentISO/IECGuide2:1996StandardizationandRelatedActivities—GeneralVocabularyISOGuide30:1992TermsandDefinitionsusedinConnec-tionwithReferenceMaterialsISOGuide31:2000ContentsofCertificatesandLabelsofReferenceMaterialsISO/IECGuide32:1997CalibrationinAnalyticalChemistryandUseofCertifiedReferenceMaterialsISOGuide34:2000GeneralRequirementsfortheCompe-tencyofReferenceMaterialProducersISOGuide35:1989CertificationofReferen...
