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We can help you achieve an Accreditation for your
Laboratory Quality Management Systems that Meet the
Requirements of ISO 17025
Services Available:
- Assistance with the Accreditation Process
and Audit
- Consulting and Guidance for ISO 17025 from
Laboratory Professionals
- Documentation
- Internal Auditing and Internal Auditor
Training
- Quality Management Software (QMSCAPA)
- Remote Implementations (saves time and
money)
- Risk Assessment assistance and Risk
Assessment Training
- Training to Requirements of the Standard
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ISO/IEC 17025:2005 specifies the general requirements for
the competence to carry out tests and/or calibrations,
including sampling. It covers testing and calibration
performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and
laboratory-developed methods.
- The standards full title is “General Requirements
for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories”;
- The current version is 17025:2005. The 2005 version
does not suggest technical changes from the previous
version; changes were to allow harmonization with ISO
9001:2015;
- If a testing and calibration laboratory complies
with ISO 17025, it will also operate in accordance with
ISO 9001. However, certification against ISO9001 does
not itself demonstrate the competence of the laboratory
to produce technically valid data and results;
- There is a discussion document ISO/IEC DIS 17025 to
offer guidance on implementation;
- The standard can also covers in-house laboratories
or testing operations where assurance of results is at a
premium;
- It applies to organizations that want to assure
their customers of precision, accuracy and repeatable
results;
- It may be important to first-, second- and
third-party laboratories, and laboratories where testing
and/or calibration forms part of inspection and product
certification;
- ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is applicable to all laboratories
regardless of the number of personnel or the extent of
the scope of testing and/or calibration activities;
- When a laboratory does not undertake one or more of
the activities covered by ISO/IEC 17025:2005, such as
sampling and the design/development of new methods, the
requirements of those clauses do not apply;
- Laboratory customers, regulatory authorities and
accreditation bodies may also use it in confirming or
recognizing the competence of laboratories;
- ISO/IEC 17025 was formerly ISO Guide 25 & EN45001;
- Compliance with regulatory and safety requirements
on the operation of laboratories is not covered by
ISO/IEC 17025:2005;
- ISO/TS 16949, the Automotive Quality Management
System has stipulated that first tier suppliers of
calibration and test services be ISO 17025 certified,
and that suppliers upstream of them be compliant.
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