Documented technical analytical instructions
An efficient and sustainable organization of the technical work carried out in the XRF Laboratory requires of the definition and establishment of documented technical analytical instructions. Such procedures allow ensuring the harmonization in XRF work practice and fulfilment of minimal requirements for ensuring a commensurable quality of the analytical results. The technical analytical instructions shall include:
- a clear definition of the scope of the procedure.
- a technical description of the theoretical (or implicit) principles on which the instruction is based on.
- the main steps to be followed and the sequence of tasks to be performed.
- the format to report the achieved results.
- a clear statement of the criteria of quality performance achieved.
for example, a procedure can be prepared for: