Calibration Of Equipment In A Lab

Purpose this procedure specifies the schedule and requirements for calibration performance verification and maintenance of laboratory testing instruments and equipment.

Calibration of equipment in a lab. Proper calibration of an instrument allows people to have a safe working environment and produce valid data for future reference. Calibration is the process of evaluating and adjusting the precision and accuracy of measurement equipment. Calibration in laboratory instruments can be defined as the set of operations that are performed in accordance with a definite procedure. In addition to these common calibration types you might need to get many different implements calibrated in different ways.

Scope this procedure applies to the laboratory equipment used by the laboratory of xxx. The equipment that might need electrical calibration can include clamp meters data loggers and insulation testers. Reference documents 3 1 xxx quality manual 3 2 procedure for quality control 4. The equipment is accordingly adjusted to fine tune its performance to tally with accepted standard or specification.

The piece of equipment or device with the known or assigned accuracy is called the standard.