ISO 17025 Consultancy Service
Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
Certification Overview
BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is a set of requirements that calibration laboratories and testing organisations have to meet to prove that they operate a quality system, are technically competent and can generate technically valid and repeatable results. This standard applies to everything from test equipment to data sampling and sets out valid specifications to improve an organisation's quality management systems and as a result, their quality control. Key topics include testing and calibrating using standard, non-standard and laboratory-developed methods under controlled conditions.
ISO 17025 is not a standard that CQS can certify for you, but you can become Accredited through an appropriate Accreditation Body. CQS can guide you through to the point of Accreditation by carrying out a gap analysis of your system against the requirements of the standard and assist you with the implementation of a compliant management system.
ISO 17025 Accreditation Benefits
Benefits of utilising our ISO 17025 Consultancy Service could include:
- Improving the image of the laboratory.
- The data quality and effectiveness is continually improved.
- Provides a fundamental basis for other quality systems related to laboratories such as GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices and GLP (Good Laboratory Practices).
- It is the recognition of testing competence.
- It is an effective marketing tool to submit tenders for testing and/or calibration.
- It protects the laboratory’s data integrity in case of legal implications.
- It enables the assessment of relative quality and capability of other accredited laboratories.
