Significance and Use
These guidelines are intended to enable a laboratory monitor to perform onsite assessments of laboratory facilities. Accepted facilities will then participate in an interlaboratory test protocol to establish precision and bias for a particular ASTM standard.
This assessment is intended to determine that all of the participants have the necessary equipment, an understanding of the test method, and the minimum level of skill necessary to gather data which are to be used to establish precision and bias for the particular standard.
This guide is not intended to be used as a tool to qualify or accredit laboratories to perform any tests. Refer to the Referenced Documents for further guidance on accreditation requirements.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide provides a general outline, for use by a laboratory monitor, to assess the qualifications of a laboratory which has requested to participate in a specific ASTM interlaboratory test.
1.2 The preliminary assessment is based on observations made before initiation of any interlaboratory tests.
1.3 The subcommittee, which appoints the laboratory monitor, specifies the minimum requirements which an organization should meet to qualify as a participant for the interlaboratory test. If a pretest is to be included, see details in Section 13.
1.4 This fire standard can not be used to provide quantitative measures.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) 
The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
E176 Terminology of Fire Standards
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method
E1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furniture
E1822 Test Method for Fire Testing of Stacked Chairs
E2653 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine Precision Estimates for a Fire Test Method with Fewer Than Six Participating Laboratories
ISO Standards
ISO/IEC17025:1999(E) General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
Other Standard
AmericanAssociationf General Requirements for Accreditation of Laboratories, January 1997
Index Terms
Fire testing; Interlaboratory testing; Laboratory testing; On-site evaluation/inspection;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 71.040.10 (Chemical laboratories. Laboratory equipment)
DOI: 10.1520/E2335-08
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