Abstract
Quality has always been one of the key issues in laboratories in general and formal quality assurance (QA) in testing laboratories has gained popularity over the last decade. However, the implementation QA in research and development (R&D) laboratories is still the domain of a few pioneers. We can even ask whether a QA system in research makes sense at all and if such a system really provides any added value? Difficulties with respect to the implementation of such a system are mainly associated with the nature of the research process itself. However, it is obvious that QA offers clear advantages in R&D, if some critical success factors have been taken into account. An important issue is the selection of a good QA standard for R&D. This is certainly not an easy task, since there are no specific standards. Fortunately, some useful international guides have been published recently.
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