Title: quality improvement
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - quality improvement
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08108
Status: current

Definition
Part of quality management focused on increasing the ability to fulfil requirements for quality.

Note
The requirements can be related to any aspect such as effectiveness, efficiency, or object traceability.

Related Terms
- object traceability: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08037
- quality: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08106
- quality management: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08109
- requirements: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08122

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1035 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08108/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08108/xml

Citation: Citation: 'quality improvement' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08108
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