TY - JOUR A1 - Guigues, Nathalie A1 - Uysal, Emrah A1 - Raveau, Sandrine A1 - Magar, Jérémie A1 - Billon, Gabriel A1 - Kahiluoto, Joonas A1 - Schneider, Rudolf A1 - Liv, Lokman A1 - Gençtürk Tosun, Serap A1 - Canteau, Gaëlle A1 - Lalere, Béatrice T1 - Insights on the validation of alternative tools for water quality monitoring: the case of on-site test kits, portable devices and continuous measuring devices JF - Accreditation and Quality Assurance N2 - Alternative Tools (AT) such as on-site test kits, on-site portable devices and continuous measuring devices, are useful to improve water quality assessment under EU directives, and water treatment processes, thus contributing to improving water management, as well as get insights on the dynamic of pollutants within water bodies. Although these tools have clear advantages (e.g. fast response allowing for real-time monitoring, ease-of-use, lower cost), they are perceived as less reliable than conventional analytical methods. Their alternative nature, innovative status, and non-standard operation mode require specific validation strategies that differ significantly from those of conventional analytical methods. Nevertheless, the validation of ATs, especially on-site test kits, portable devices and continuous measuring devices for water quality monitoring is crucial to support their acceptance, promote their use and make their application sustainable. In this paper, a validation procedure in 4 steps is proposed: (1) Comprehensive description of the AT; (2) Assessment of intrinsic metrological performance and operational factors within a single laboratory; (3) Assessment of inter-laboratory performances through an inter-laboratory comparison and, (4) Demonstration of the equivalence of results between the AT and a reference method. This paper discusses each step of the validation procedure, and examples to illustrate critical issues are provided. KW - Biosensoren KW - Schnelltests KW - Validierung PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-023-01570-x SN - 0949-1775 VL - 29 IS - 7 SP - 163 EP - 173 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-60230 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -