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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2021.26.3.185

The History and Development of the Marine Environment QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control) Management System  

PARK, MI-OK (Marine Environment Monitoring Department, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
PARK, JUN-KUN (Marine Environment Monitoring Department, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
KIM, SEONG-GIL (Marine Environment Monitoring Department, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
KIM, SEONG-SOO (Marine Environment Research Institute, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.26, no.3, 2021 , pp. 185-200 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Marine Environment QA/QC management system has been operated since 2010 to secure the reliability of data and improve the analysis capabilities of measurement and analysis institutions. From 2010 to 2020, the cumulative number of measurement and analysis institutions participated in the QA/QC management system was 266. And the number of certificates issued by the ministry of oceans and fisheries is 182. A total of 32 reference materials for proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparisons have been developed. They were first developed focusing on items (Nutrients, COD) commonly analyzed in marine environmental measuring network, marine pollution impact surveys, sea area utilization impact assessment, deepsea water surveys, and information network on fishing ground environments. In addition, it is time to expand the filed of the QA/QC management system, such as seawater temperature, salinity, PCBs and PAHs in sediments, which are mainly analyzed in most monitoring programs. On-site assessment has been conducted for 162 laboratories according to ISO/IEC 17025 to evaluate their conformity of the quality management system and deficiency. In terms of management and technology requirements, about 4.2% of organizations showed insufficient division of duties among employees 8.7% of them revealed the lack of employee training. By test item, about 6.3% of organizations showed the lack of standard substance management and the state of the cleaning glassware was pointed out in about 5.4% of them. The QA/QC management system should be continuously supplemented by identifying the causes of nonconformities and area for improvement.
Keywords
QA/QC management system; proficiency testing; On-site assessment;
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