I started out my day with a quick chat with a colleague about a client project she is working on. It concerns calibration, and I could hear the tone of a righteous lecturer creeping into my voice.

After a very long career in quality, I realize there are certain subjects that really get my blood pressure up and yank my chain. I began thinking about all the different quality compliance issues that have me talking to myself. I'd have to say that calibration tops my list of misunderstood and poorly addressed requirements. Maybe that's because I'm old school, a throwback to the days of the defense industry's military standards, the old MIL-STDs.

Whatever the cause, here are some of my calibration pet peeves.

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