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Procedure
Version: 2.3
Calibration
Objective
This Procedure applies to all staff in Instrumentation using equipment to make quantitative
measurements. The process for maintaining a register of calibrated equipment is described.
Group Leaders are responsible for ensuring that this procedure is followed.
Procedure
Version: 2.3
Calibration
Procedure
Version: 2.3
Calibration
Appendix 1: Responsibilities
The Instrumentation Quality Committee appoints a Calibration Manager for each of the two
sites. The Manager is responsible for maintaining a Calibration Register and ensuring that
the equipment listed is regularly calibrated. Each group that uses calibrated equipment
nominates a Calibration Co-ordinator. The Co-ordinator liases with the Calibration Manager
Each Calibration Manager maintains a Calibration Register. The Register includes a list of
the groups and their Calibration Co-ordinators served by that Register.
The Register lists, as a minimum, each item's description, manufacturer, type, serial number,
any Laboratory identifier, user, group location, Calibration Co-ordinator and recalibration
date. The normal calibration period is one year but after successive calibrations with no
adjustments required the period may be extended.
It is the responsibility of the group leader, through the Calibration Co-ordinator, to inform
the Calibration Manager of any new equipment purchased that needs to be added to the
calibration register. The recalibration dates will be defined in the Register. Wherever
possible new equipment is purchased with a calibration certificate for the first year.
A label attached by the calibration contractor identifies all calibrated instruments. The
recalibration date may be specified on this label but in some cases, for example if the
If the label is missing, any calibration seal is broken, the equipment has required repair, or
there is a reason to believe that the equipment may have gone out of calibration, then the
appropriate Calibration Co-ordinator should be informed. They will arrange for the
equipment to be recalibrated. A suitable label may identify uncalibrated equipment but any
unlabelled item is assumed to be uncalibrated by default.
Staff will not adjust equipment that has been calibrated except as part of a calibration
process. If it is suspected that equipment has drifted out of specifications any calibration
label will be marked to indicate this and the equipment will be recalibrated before using it to
make quantitative measurements.
Procedure
Version: 2.3
Calibration
If on return from calibration it is reported that the equipment was out of specification this
will be communicated to the Department Quality Committee through the Quality
Representative. The Committee will determine the appropriate corrective action and the
Quality Representative will ensure that this is noted on the Calibration Certificate