What is ISO 28590 about?
ISO 28590 is an international standard that focuses on sampling procedures for inspection by attributes. ISO 28590 provides a general introduction to acceptance sampling by attributes and provides a summary of the attribute sampling schemes. ISO 28590 also provides guidance on the selection of the appropriate inspection system for use in a particular situation.
Who is ISO 28590 for?
ISO 28590 on sampling procedures for inspection by attribute is useful for:
- Quality assurance team
- Research and development
- Lab technicians
- Laboratories
Why should you use ISO 28590?
ISO 28590 treats the subject of sampling inspection by attributes in a general way, introducing the essential operating procedures and how the systems were designed to be used. ISO 28590 provides sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL). The quality measure used can be percent nonconforming or the number of nonconformities per 100 items. ISO 28590 was developed primarily for the inspection of a continuing series of lots all originating from the same production or servicing process. In this situation, adequate protection (or the maximum process average percent nonconforming) is maintained using the switching rule from normal to tightened inspection should a certain (limiting) number of unacceptable lots be found in a short series of successive lots.
ISO 28590 also provides sampling plans applicable for use when an individual or isolated lots are to be sampled.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 28590:2017 supersedes BS 60010:2006.
