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B. Stephen Carpenter - NIST SIM Technical Advisor E-mail: bcarpenter@nist

B. Stephen Carpenter - NIST SIM Technical Advisor E-mail: bcarpenter@nist.gov. APMP General Assembly Jeju, KOREA – 5 – 9 September 2005 . METROLOGY IS THE CORE OF ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS RELATED TO QUALITY OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND LIFE IN GENERAL. TRACEABILITY. CERTIFICATION. METROLOGY.

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B. Stephen Carpenter - NIST SIM Technical Advisor E-mail: bcarpenter@nist

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  1. B. Stephen Carpenter - NIST SIM Technical Advisor E-mail: bcarpenter@nist.gov APMP General Assembly Jeju, KOREA – 5 – 9 September 2005

  2. METROLOGY IS THE CORE OF ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS RELATED TO QUALITY OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND LIFE IN GENERAL TRACEABILITY CERTIFICATION METROLOGY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION QUALITY CONTROL CALIBRATION

  3. To promote and support an integrated measurement infrastructure in the Americas that ensures equity in the market place, improves the quality of life and facilitates international trade. A representative, transparent and integrated regional metrology organization committed to ensure uniformity of measurements in the Americas. SIM MISSION SIM VISION

  4. SIM OBJECTIVES • To raise standards of basic metrology in each country in the hemisphere. • To contribute to the measurement infrastructure required to promote equity in commercial transactions. • To foster competitiveness and quality in the manufacturing sector in order to promote commercial transactions. • To identify sectors and institutions that can conduct specific multinational activities in metrology support. • To contribute to the metrological infrastructure required to protect the environment, to control the accelerated use of resources and to promote the general well-being of the population, including its health and safety.

  5. SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO DE METROLOGÍA (SIM) (INTERAMERICAN METROLOGY SYSTEM) • CARIMET • Antigua & Barbuda • Bahamas • Barbados • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Guyana • Haiti • Jamaica • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • NORAMET • Canada • Mexico • United States of America • CAMET • Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama • ANDIMET • Bolivia • Colombia • Ecuador • Peru • Venezuela • SURAMET • Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Paraguay • Uruguay

  6. Hemispheric Statistics - Ranges Français • Populations: 300,000,000 – 46,000 • Areas: 10,000,000 sq km – 340 sq km • Distances: NRC, Ottawa – LATU, Uruguay…9000 km • 4 Languages • 1 Alphabet English Español Portugues

  7. SIM countries data

  8. STRUCTURE of SIM GENERAL ASSEMBLY NORAMET CAMET SURAMET ANDIMET CARIMET Technical Committee Professional Development Committee Sub-Regional Coordinators Secretariat Technical Advisor President EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

  9. Luis Mussio LATU -Uruguay ANDIMET Executive Council Dianne Lalla-Rodrigues ABBS – Antigua and Barbuda President Felipe Urresta INEN - Ecuador B. Stephen Carpenter NIST -USA Former President Technical Advisor NIST Oscar Harasic OEA TC Chair JCRB Rep TC Chair Executive Secretary OEA Yoshito Mitani CENAM - Mexico NCSLI delegate (non voting member) Malcom Smith PDC Chair CARIMET CAMET NORAMET SURAMET Carlos Ochoa CONACYT - El Salvador Hermon Edmondson JBS -Jamaica Jim McLaren NRC -Canada José Dajes INDECOPI - Perú Miguel Teves INTN-Paraguay

  10. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES • Promotion of capabilities of developing NMIs’: • Supplementary Comparison and Pilot Studies • Activities aimed at developing Human Resources (collaboration with PDC) • Implementation of QS by QSWG All activities aimed at training and developing measurement capabilities.

  11. SIM Technical Committees • Technical Committee Chair (Luis Mussio) • Representatives by Sub-Regions Legal Metrology Working Groups Documentation Working Groups Metrology Working Groups • Electricity & Magnetism – Costa Rica • Photometry & Radiometry – Mexico • Thermometry - USA • Length - Mexico • Time & Frequency – Canada • Ionizing Radiation - USA • Mass – Canada • Chemistry - USA • Acoustics & Vibrations – Mexico • Flow - USA • Chair - Brazil • Laws and Regulations- • Uruguay & Argentina • Metrological Control of • Measuring Instruments- • USA & Costa Rica • Documents - Uruguay, • USA & Mexico • Database - USA • Quality Systems - Barbados

  12. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES Development of capability of developing NMIs': - Medical Measurements Instruments – La Paz, Bolivia, June 2004 - Asuncion – Paraguay. September 2004 ..Gas pumps – Legal metrology ..Electric Energy Meters – Legal metrology - Lima, Peru 2005 – Chemical Metrology All activities aimed at training and developing measurement capabilities.

  13. PDC–TC JOINT ACTIVITIES • Awareness seminars and strategic planning meetings: - CARIMET – June 2004, Saint Lucia - ANDIMET – July 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - SURAMET – September 2004, Asuncion Paraguay - SIM – LM & QS Training – Feb 2005 Barbados

  14. SIM Quality Systems Working Group • To provide information for SIM NMIs, on quality systems, their implementation and assessment • To provide a forum for discussion and review of quality systemimplementation in SIM NMIs. • To transmit reviews of quality system implementations to the technical MWGs, to be used as evidence for the acceptance of CMCs.

  15. SIM Quality Systems Task Force (QSTF) • The CIPM MRA required that all the signatories have a QS in place and reviewed by December 2003. • The revision must be done according to Guidelines. • SIM Task Force – Oct 2002, to review the NMIs QSs. • Comprised of Signatories of the MRA (voting members) & Chairman of QSWG (non-voting member). • Meetings open to all SIM Members & Observers • The QSTF is chaired by William Anderson.

  16. SIM Quality Systems Task Force • First meeting July 27th, Ottawa • Approval of SIM document #09, “Procedure for the review of the NMIs QSs”. • An overview of the present status of the QSs. • Second meeting, February 2004, Costa Rica • Preliminary presentations by NIST, CENAM, LATU • Third meeting, May 2004, Querétaro • Fourth meeting, November 2004, Venezuela • Fifth meeting, February 2005, Barbados

  17. SIM actions to promote the MRA • Two awareness seminars are planned for 2005 • ANDIMET • SURAMET • Focused to create awareness of the impact of Metrology in the local authorities and industry. • Technical activities are associated with the technical seminars and training, including activities on Quality Systems and Chemical Metrology. • Mass WG seminar: Brazil, Nov 2004 • Length WG seminar: Colombia, Feb 2005 • Legal WG Metrology: Paraguay, Sep 2004 • EM WG seminar: Paraguay, Oct 2004

  18. Current status of Quality Systems of MRA Signatories

  19. SIM Participation in CIPM MRA CARIMET Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica St. Lucia St. Kitts & Nevis St. Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Trinidad & Tobago ANDIMET NORAMET Bolivia Canada Colombia Mexico EcuadorU.S.A. Peru Venezuela CAMET Belize SURAMET Costa Rica Argentina El Salvador Brazil Guatemala Chile Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua UruguayPanama CARIMET countries will participate of the MRA as a single economy

  20. Rio Meeting - November, 1997 Results from Brainstorming Session • Organic Analysis • VOC’s in solvent [environment] • pesticides in organic solvent • pesticides in simulated extracts [environment, food] • essential oils • hormones [food/meat] • Inorganic Analysis • drinking water [trace metals] • natural water • polluted water • Gas Analysis • automotive exhaust • industrial stack emissions • Classical • Electrochemical Analysis • pH [health] • conductivity [water quality]

  21. SIM Program in Chemical Metrology • In order to most effectively address the unique needs of all 34 countries • within SIM, whose capabilities in chemical metrology span a very broad • range, we have initially focused SIM Chemical Metrology Working • Group activities on training and capability assessment rather than • participation in MRA-driven Key and Supplemental Comparisons • This has been accomplished through: • Outreach and Awareness Activities within the ANDIMET CAMET, CARIMET and SURAMET Subregions • Chemical Measurement Proficiency Assessment Comparison Studies • and follow-up activities • Training in CMC preparation and review • Long-Term Goal: Improved capabilities in chemical metrology and Increased participation in CCQM and CIPM MRA-related activities

  22. Past Activities: Chemistry Proficiency Assessment Studies

  23. SIM Chemical Metrology Awareness Seminars General Format: Plenary Lectures Chemical Metrology and It’s Impact on Trade and Quality of Life Current Worldwide Infrastructure for Facilitating Chemical Measurement Traceability/Comparability Lectures Concerning Subregional needs for: Clinical Diagnostics Environmental Quality Food Safety and Nutrition Trade, etc. Workshops to Discuss Comparison Results

  24. Past SIM Chemical Metrology Awareness Seminars CARIMET: Jamaica May, 2003 50 attendees ANDIMET: Venezuela November, 2003 60 attendees CAMET: Costa Rica February, 2004 50 attendees SURAMET: Argentina September, 2004 50 attendees GA: Venezuela November, 2004 27 attendees Andimet: Peru June, 2005 ~125 attendees

  25. SIM Chemical Metrology Awareness Workshops Workshops to Discuss Comparison Results • Costa Rica: Ethanol in Water and Trace Metals in Water • Argentina: Cholesterol in Serum and Auto Emission Gases • Mexico: pH • Venezuela: Ethanol in Water and Trace Metals in Water Subsequent Comparisons • Peru: Electrolytic Conductivity and pH Subsequent Results

  26. SIM.8.13P Clinical Diagnostic Markers (Organized by NIST) • Three Exercises • Cholesterol in Human Serum • Creatinine in Human Serum • Glucose in Human Serum These three analytes were chosen because they present different challenges for accurate measurements. Cholesterol is lipophilic, glucose is highly water soluble, and creatinine is present at much lower concentrations. Ability to determine all of these accurately is evidence that a laboratory has the capability to measure other well-defined small organic molecules in serum.

  27. Guidelines for Participation in Follow- UP Comparisons on Cholesterol in Serum and Auto Emission Gases Who can Participate: Officially: SIM NMIs or their officially designated labs who are currently or will be providing reference Measurement services within a given country; PTB and/or BAM Unofficially : Other Labs who can contribute scientifically to study; these activities are not open to Commercial Labs unless designated by the Country’s NMI. Methods to be used: Cholesterol: Regionally or Internationally-recognized “higher order methods (e.g. ID/MS or Abel Kendall; use of other Methods possible, but justification should be provided); Commercial kit-based methods are not higher order Auto Emission Gases:No method(s) specified; but general approach should be based on comparison of unknown against a primary gas mixture standard. Primary gas standard(s) can either be prepared in- house or purchased from an NMI. Calibration with a standards obtained from a Specialty Gas Company is not recommended. When: Cholesterol: July – September, 2005 Auto Emissions: Sometimes in 2005; to be done along with industrial emissions Expected Outcome: Measurement Capability assessment for providing national measurement services to facilitate Increased participation of SIM Countries in CCQM activities and CIPM MRA

  28. SIM has the majority (over 1200) of ~4000QM CMCs for CIPM MRA Appendix C, but only from three institutions • Cycle 1: 850 QM CMCs for Gas Mixtures published – June 2001 • SIM: 135 – NIST • Cycle 2: Over 1000 QM CMCs published in other Measurement Service Categories – March 2002 • SIM: 938 – NIST, NRC, CENAM • Cycle 3: Interregional Review of ~750 Chemistry CMCs for October 2002 meeting of the JCRB • SIM: 117 – NIST, CENAM • Cycle 4: ~370 CMCs submitted for Interregional Review for April 2003 • SIM: 34 – NIST, CENAM • Cycle 5: 194 CMCs submitted for Interregional Review for April 2004 • Submitted by SIM: 32 – CENAM • Cycle 6: 417 CMCs submitted for Interregional Review for April 2005 • Submitted by SIM: 19 – CENAM, INMETRO

  29. Workshop on Formulation and Review of CMCs • 04 November, 2004Margarita Island, Venezuela • Overview of CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement • Guidelines for Formulation of CMCs • Intra- and Inter-Regional CMC Review Process • Interactive Session on CMC Preparation • 26 attendees from 17 countries

  30. Program Impact • Fifteen NMI’s or their designated labs within SIM are now regular participants in SIM intercomparison studies; up from three in 2002. • Seven countries are now participating in CCQM meetings and various activities; up from three (Canada, Mexico and U.S.) in 2002 • Threecountries (U.S., Canada, Mexico ) have CMCs in the BIPM Key Comparison Database; Brazil has submitted CMCs for review this current cycle and Argentina, Chile and perhaps Uruguay will submit during the upcoming cycle.

  31. Comparison Studies:Current Activities And Future Plans: 2005 Coordinating Lab(s) SIM.8.13Pa1Cholesterol SerumNIST SIM.8.12P1 Automotive Exhaust Emissions NIST SIM.8.11P1 pH CENAM SIM.8.15PWater Quality: Electrolytic ConductivityCENAM SIM.8.16PToxic Metals in Sea FoodCCHEN/NIST 2006 SIM.8.19PIndustrial Exhaust Emissions NIST SIM.8.17P Nutrients in Food* NIST SIM.8.13PbCreatinine in SerumNIST SIM.8.13PcGlucose in Serum NIST SIM.8.20P PAHs in Soil* CENAM * To be carried out in conjunction with CCQM Study

  32. SIM GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2005 • October 10 - 14, 2005 • TTBS, Trinidad & Tobago • Theme: “Metrology the Foundation, ensuring the viability of nations” • Signing of the CIPM MRA by CARICOM (Associate Membership) • Opportunities for Exhibitors • www.ttbs.org.tt

  33. Conclusions • The number of signatories is expected to increase in the near future. • SIM is taking actions to promote the CIPM MRA through Seminars aimed to create awareness in the authorities of the American Countries. • More technical work is needed to support the less developed countries and allow them to actively participate in the MRA.

  34. Thanks to APMP for this opportunity and to you for your attention !!! For further information: CONTACT: SIM PRESIDENT: dianne.rodrigues@antigua.gov.ag SIM CHEMICAL METROLOGY, WG CHAIR: willie.may@nist.gov SIM TECHNICAL ADVISOT: bcarpenter@nist.gov SIM WEBSITE: http://www.sim-metrologia.org.br

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