1.1本指南描述了在提供煤、焦炭或煤和焦炭燃烧残留物的样品收集、样品制备或测试服务的实验室或组织中建立和运行质量管理体系所需的基本活动。 注1 “实验室”一词在本指南中用于指代提供煤炭采样或测试服务或两者兼有的组织。然而，人们认识到，该词可能不适用于不进行实际实验室样品测试的组织。 1.2建议将本指南的原则作为煤炭或焦炭取样或测试组织质量管理的最低可接受要求，尽管某些要素可能不必要或不适用于提供有限服务的组织。 1.3符合本指南要求的实验室可能符合或不符合ISO 9000系列标准的要求。 注释2 认证机构还可以强制执行其他非技术性要求，如支付费用或提交质量文件以供审查。 1.4本指南基于指南E 548中提出的许多问题。用户还可以参考指南E 882了解其他可能相关的项目。还广泛参考了ISO指南25。 1.5本标准无意解决与其使用相关的所有安全问题（如有）。本标准的用户有责任在使用前制定适当的安全和健康实践，并确定监管限制的适用性。 ====意义和用途====== 本指南描述了对煤炭、焦炭或其产品进行采样、分析或测试的组织的质量管理体系要素。 质量管理体系强调使用记录在案的责任制和质量控制程序，以确保实验室人员及其客户在其采样和测试活动的日常执行中达到足够的准确性和精密度，并确保报告的数据来自提交的样本。 实验室可使用本指南制定其质量管理体系。 实验室客户、监管机构以及评估测试实验室能力的组织或个人可能会发现本指南很有用。 评估实验室的具体指南见实施规程D 4182。 可以制定其他问责和质量控制程序，如果它们提供了前面概述的所有好处，则可以认为它们是等效的。

1.1 This guide describes the essential activities that are required to establish and operate a quality management system in a laboratory or organization that provides services in sample collection, sample preparation, or testing of coal, coke, or combustion residues from coal and coke. Note 1 The word "laboratory" is used throughout this guide when referring to an organization that provides services in coal sampling or testing, or both. It is recognized, however, that the word may not be appropriate to an organization that does not perform actual laboratory sample testing. 1.2 The principles of this guide are suggested as being the minimum acceptable requirements for the management of quality in a coal or coke sampling or testing organization, although some elements may not be necessary or appropriate for organizations that provide limited services. 1.3 Laboratories meeting the requirements of this guide may or may not meet the requirements of the ISO 9000 series of standards. Note 2 An accrediting body may also impose other nontechnical requirements such as payment of fees or submittal of quality documentation for review. 1.4 This guide is based upon many of the issues presented in Guide E 548. The user may also consult Guide E 882 for other items that may be pertinent. ISO Guide 25 has also been extensively consulted. 1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. ====== Significance And Use ====== This guide describes the elements of a quality management system for an organization that samples, analyzes, or tests coal, coke, or their products. The quality management system stresses the use of documented accountability and quality control procedures that serve to assure the laboratory personnel and its clients that adequate accuracy and precision are achieved in the routine performance of its sampling and testing activities, and that reported data were obtained from the samples submitted. A laboratory may use this guide to develop its quality management system. Laboratory clients, regulatory authorities, and organizations or individuals that evaluate the competency of testing laboratories may find this guide useful. Specific guidelines for evaluating a laboratory can be found in Practice D 4182. Other accountability and quality control procedures can be developed and may be considered equivalent if they provide all of the benefits previously outlined.