Accreditation of Test Laboratories ISO/IEC 17025

 

 

Customers demand more assurance about the reliability and security of the products and services they buy globally. Only accredited testing and calibration laboratories can provide the market (business, PA, consumers) with reliable, credible, and internationally accepted declarations of conformity.

Accreditation of a test laboratory means the formal recognition given by a third party of the laboratory's technical competence in carrying out certain tests. Accreditation is issued for individual tests, and therefore not, it must be confused with a recognition extended to the laboratory as a whole.

ACCREDIA issues accreditation for certain tests when the laboratory demonstrates that its activities comply with the international standard ISO / IEC 17025: "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories."

This standard refers to test laboratories, thus indicating both the chemical-physical and microbiological analysis laboratories, and the mechanical and electrical testing laboratories. In addition to technical competence, the laboratory must demonstrate that it has put into practice the basic principles of each quality management system.

Competence of testing and calibration laboratories

The UNI CEI EN ISO / IEC 17025 standard is the fundamental tool to guarantee the competence and coherent functioning of that pillar of the Quality Infrastructure constituted by the testing and calibration laboratories. The ISO has opened a public consultation to collect from all operators - test laboratories in the first place, but not only - the impressions on the value of the standard compared to the previous edition: whether it has brought benefits in terms of efficiency and effectiveness if the requirements are appropriate.

17025 ISO Consultants KSA allows you to place yourself more effectively on the market because having an accredited conformity assessment works as a competitive. From the presumption of compliance with legislation in certain sectors to strengthening the credibility of your offer towards the business market and consumers to access foreign markets without having to pass additional checks.

The achievement of certification under accreditation is also the result of a process that involves all the functions of an organization in terms of commitment and awareness so that the entire structure is effectively strengthened in terms of boosting productivity and managing internal and external risks.