Course detail

System of Quality Assurance and ISO Standards

FCH-BC_ISOAcad. year: 2025/2026

This course is to acquaint students with the basic principles and applications of quality systems ISO standards.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Vladimír Adamec, CSc.

Department

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection (ÚCHTOŽP)

Entry knowledge

Are not required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Graded credit-course unit will be given on the base of elaboration of semester work and its succesfull defence.
Elaboration of seminar project on given topic from the problematic of quality systems
Presentation of this work and its succsesfull defence - quality manual

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with quality systems as currently imposed by the applicable ISO standards. Emphasis is placed on the application of ISO standards in the field of services, especially in the chemical laboratory.
Acquisition of knowledge sufficient for implementation of quality systems in analytical laboratories and for the use of ISO norms in the field of quality and also in the field of determination of selected analytes.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

https://seznam.normy.biz (CS)
Nenadál, J. a kol. Management kvality pro 21. století. Management press 2018. ISBN: 978-80-7261-561-2 (CS)

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vladimír Adamec, CSc.

Syllabus

Block 1:
General aspects of quality of products and services, quality attributes, procedural approaches, customer, responsibility for product, certification of products, laws related to quality assurance systems in the Czech Republic and in the European Union, the processes of international standardisation.
Block 2:
The policy and system of quality assurance in chemical laboratories, the items of quality system in testing laboratories, requirements for technical capability, accreditation in testing laboratories, evaluation criteria and related rules.
Block 3:
Methods of quality management in laboratory; yield, blank tests, repeatability and regulatory diagrams, documentation and validation of methods, operation characteristics, order of analyses, calibration procedures, reference materials, expression of uncertainties.
Block 4:
Documantation of QA/QC system. Quality manual, Standard operation procedure. Quality Plan, Quality Policy. Internal and external audit. Control of nonconforming product and service.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Vladimír Adamec, CSc.