This best-selling title both in German and English is now enhanced by a new chapter on the important topical subject of measurement uncertainty, plus a CD-ROM with interactive examples in the form of Excel-spreadsheets. These allow readers to gain an even better comprehension of the statistical procedures for quality assurance while also incorporating their own data.
Following an introduction, the text goes on to elucidate the 4-phase model of analytical quality assurance: establishing a new analytical process, preparative quality assurance, routine quality assurance and external analytical quality assurance.
Besides updating the relevant references, the authors took great care to incorporate the latest international standards in the field.

The late Werner Funk was professor at the University of Applied Science in Gie?en-Friedberg (Germany).
Vera Dammann is a senior scientist at the University of Applied Science in Gie?en-Friedberg (Germany) since 1978. She has been working in areas such as computing, electrical engineering, electrical and biophysical measurement technology, and clinical engineering. She is project manager for the international study course 'clinical engineering' and a member of the board of the German association for biomedical instrumentation.
Gerhild Donnevert is laboratory engineer in the laboratory for analytical chemistry at the University of Applied Science in Gie?en-Friedberg (Germany). She is an active member of the German standardization committees for the examination of water, wastewater and sludge as well as of the Technical Committee 147 'Water Quality' of the International Standards Organization ISO.