qualitätsgesicherten

Qualitätsgesichert is a German adjective meaning quality-assured or quality-controlled. It describes products, processes, data, or services that have undergone measures intended to meet defined quality criteria. The term is formed from Qualität and sichern, with gesichert as the past participle, yielding the sense of “secured in terms of quality.”

In practice, being qualitätsgesichert implies that steps were taken to ensure quality, such as defining requirements, implementing a quality management system, conducting testing and validation, ensuring traceability, applying change control, and maintaining documentation. The level of rigor varies by domain: manufacturing and software development often rely on formal quality assurance, while regulated industries—such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, and laboratories—tie assurance to recognized standards (for example ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, ISO/IEC 17025).

Caveat: qualitätsgesichert is not a legally binding certification in itself; it signals conformance to internal standards or contractual obligations. For verifiable quality, organizations and users should look for explicit certifications, test reports, conformity declarations, or references to standards.

In usage, the term appears in phrases such as qualitätsgesichert e Software, qualitätsgesicherte Daten, or qualitätsgesicherte Produkte. In German, the attributive plural form of the adjective is qualitätsgesicherten, as in qualitätsgesicherten Daten, indicating that the data have undergone quality assurance.