Assistance provided through the Analytical Quality Assurance Advisory Service (AQAAS) covers a wide variety of issues, for example;
- Directing users to the quality system that is most appropriate for their needs and the organisations that support them;
- Helping laboratories comply with quality standards and appraising their readiness for assessment against those standards;
- Providing independent quality auditing facilities; providing advice on specific technical aspects of QA such as measurement uncertainty, method validation, calibration and quality control;
- Advising on developments arising from the ever-changing international quality scene.