Laboratories participation in proficiency testing is one way to evaluate and demonstrate the reliability of their measurement results. That is to say, through the proficiency testing, the laboratory ability of accomplishing tests and calibrations successfully can be evaluated. The proficiency testing supplies important information for the evaluation of laboratories, candidates to accreditation, accredited laboratories, notified or designated laboratories by regulatory bodies, and laboratories in general. This paper aims at verifying whether the kind of laboratory management system in Civil Construction laboratories in Brazil influence the proficiency testing results. It also aims at discussing ways of including the proficiency testing results in the calculation of measurement uncertainty. As a result of the study, we can conclude that there is no effect of the types of laboratory management systems studied on the results of proficiency testing (EP). Therefore, the use of standard deviation of the results of a representative group of proficiency testing for a specific test (chemical, physical, etc.) was suggested as a way of generating a measurement uncertainty generic calculation for the activity sector of the laboratory. This approach, in addition to simplifying the uncertainty measurement calculation, includes a greater number of uncertainty measurement sources.
Proficiency testing; Laboratory management quality system; Measurement uncertainty
