Test results that always trace back to a calibrated instrument
A testing laboratory whose accreditation depended on proving that every result came from an instrument calibrated at the time of measurement.
The situation
A testing laboratory whose accreditation depends on a simple claim it must be able to prove: every result it publishes came from an instrument that was calibrated at the moment of measurement.
Traceability was reconstructed at audit time from separate registers. A calibration certificate expiring mid-month invalidated tests that nobody had listed, and the link between a result and its instrument often lived in an operator’s notebook.
The rule Ceertia applies
The instrument used must hold a valid calibration certificate covering the measurement date.
How it runs
The case arrives from whoever sends it, with the test records, calibration certificates, instrument registry, method references, operator qualifications and result reports. Anything missing is flagged on receipt.
Each rule returns a verdict with its evidence: what Ceertia saw, where, and why it concluded. Every verdict is stored with its rule version, source excerpt and timestamp. A use case for test records that checks the instrument’s calibration certificate against the measurement date on the record itself. A result from an out-of-calibration instrument is flagged before the report is released, with the certificate cited.
Your team keeps the decision, on sourced evidence, with a full audit log.
What changes in the work
- Traceability was reconstructed at audit time from separate registers.
- A calibration certificate expiring mid-month invalidated tests nobody had listed.
- The link between a result and its instrument lived in an operator’s notebook.
- Every test record is checked against the instrument’s calibration validity on the test date.
- A result from an out-of-calibration instrument is flagged before the report goes out.
- Traceability is a stored verdict, not an audit-week reconstruction.
Your team keeps the decision, on sourced evidence, with a full audit log.
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