Designation:D6792−21cAnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforQualityManagementSystemsinPetroleumProducts,LiquidFuels,andLubricantsTestingLaboratories1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6792;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticecoverstheestablishmentandmaintenanceoftheessentialsofaqualitymanagementsysteminlaborato-riesengagedintheanalysisofpetroleumproducts,liquidfuels,andlubricants.ItisdesignedtobeusedinconjunctionwithPracticeD6299.NOTE1—ThispracticeisbasedonthequalitymanagementconceptsandprinciplesadvocatedinANSI/ISO/ASQQ9000standards,ISO/IEC17025,ASQManual,2andASTMstandardssuchasD3244,D4182,D4621,D6299,D6300,D7372,E29,E177,E456,E548,E882,E994,E1301,E1323,STP15D,3andSTP1209.41.2Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatoryrequirementspriortouse.1.3Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:5D86TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsandLiquidFuelsatAtmosphericPressureD3244PracticeforUtilizationofTestDatatoDetermineConformancewithSpecificationsD4057PracticeforManualSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProductsD4182PracticeforEvaluationofLaboratoriesUsingASTMProceduresintheSamplingandAnalysisofCoalandCoke(Withdrawn2010)6D4621GuideforQualityManagementinanOrganizationThatSamplesorTestsCoalandCoke(Withdrawn2010)6D5191TestMethodforVaporPressureofPetroleumProd-...