How do you know if your lab's results are accurate? 

Dependable test results aren’t an accident. The best labs test themselves regularly and AATCC Proficiency Testing Programs help you do just that; they offer you a way to ensure the reliability of the data produced in your lab by comparing your lab’s results for the same test and the same fabric with the results from other labs! They allow you to anonymously gauge your laboratory’s performance against that of hundreds of others around the globe.

How does the Proficiency Program work?

AATCC sends samples twice a year to your lab with instructions and a report form. When all participating labs return their test results, AATCC compiles the data and sends a summary report with an anonymous lab code to each participant to identify their lab’s data. Click here to see the 2010-2011 Proficiency Program schedule.

Which Proficiency Program fits your lab's needs?

• Antibacterial Proficiency Program - TM 100 and 147 - NEW!!
  • April and October - Annual registration fee US$495
  • Contact Aaron Creech; creech@aatcc.org
    
• Colorfastness Proficiency Program - TM 8, 15, 16-Option 3, 61, and 107
  • June and December - Annual registration fee US$340
  • Contact Suzanne Holmes; holmes@aatcc.org
• Appearance Proficiency Program - TM 88B, 88C, 124, and 135
• March and September - Annual registration fee US$495
• Contact Suzanne Holmes; holmes@aatcc.org
• Water Resistance/Repellency Proficiency Program - TM 22, 35, 42, and 127

  • May and November - Annual reigstration fee US$495
  • Contact Aaron Creech; creech@aatcc.org
• Fiber Identification & Analysis Proficiency Program - TM 20A

  • February and August -  Annual registration fee US$250
  • Contact Aaron Creech; creech@aatcc.org
• Visual Gray Scale for Color Change Evaluation Proficiency Program - EP 1
  • January and July - Annual registration US$295
  • Contact Aaron Creech; creech@aatcc.org
  
  
  (Half year registration fees are 1/2 of the annual fee PLUS 15%)