Welcome to Bika Proficiency Testing

The PT Advantage

Regular independent assessment of  a laboratory's technical performance is necessary to assure the validity of measurements as part of an overall quality strategy.

PT schemes provide external evaluation of lab performance through comparison with their peers, valued for the objective evidence provided on the competence of participants. It is used to improve performance and confidence in the ability to perform routine measurements and enables labs to learn from their participation and improve the quality of their services.

Initial Two Rounds Free

Enjoy Bika PT convenience and immediate turnaround
and build participation levels

Enrolment Incentive

20% Credit per every participant recruited
Enter 5 labs and partake for free

Free Reference Material

Sufficient stable sample material is provided per round
to use for your internal QC.  Until the next Bika PT round!

Order Reference Material

Excess Sample Material, while stocks last remain and stable

Corrective Action Assistance

Please contact your Bika PT coordinator for professional assistance in corrective and preventative actions on-site

Bika PT. Your First Choice

Proficiency Testing Solution

Bika PT

A proficiency testing service provided by world leading Open Source LIMS developers Bika Lab Systems, utilising enhanced version two of our PT LIMS, Bika Interlab. It has been in production at the South African Wine Laboratory Association since 2007 as ground-breaking web based scheme with immediate results turnaround.

Bika Lab Systems co-ordinates the Bika open source LIMS project and provides LIMS life cycle services - requirements analysis, design, customisation and development, project management and quality control, systems integration, administration, hosting, training and support.

Bika PT continues the company's custom of innovative design, robust systems and quality support backed by experience.

Host your own PT Scheme

Require Interlab hosting?

Roadmap. ISO 17043. 2015

Bika PT sister application, Bika LIMS, has been passing ISO 17025 audits since 2005 and Bika Interlab 2. the system used by Bika PT, features robust ISO 13528 calculations as first customisation on the road to ISO 17043, General requirements for proficiency testing, compliance.

Mid 2015 is targeted for an first assessment. Automating sample preparation and homogeneity testing, corrective and preventative action reports are next.

Participant privacy, security and audit logs are in place, inherited from the highly regarded Plone framework Bika Interlab was developed in, trusted by many governments and security departments. 

Bika PT strives to maximise benefits to participating laboratories from the outcomes and action warnings PT data provide, by assisting participants through improvement initiatives and on-line trouble shooting documentation.

Laboratories are encouraged to provide feedback and feature requests.
Non structural changes, e.g. including more measurements or methods
can be added immediately. On consensus;-)