ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is a standard that is applicable to Testing & Calibration Laboratories and details General requirements for Competence of Testing & Calibration Laboratories Third edition of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (Third Edition) has been published by ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment-CASCO after being circulated for voting to National Bodies of both ISO & IEC and was approved by both the organizations .
Benefits of ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Identification and rationalization of scope for Testing/Calibration for TRA labs
- Development of Quality Manual as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Calibration of Equipment from ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Lab
- Ensuring Certified Reference Materials from Competent Manufacturers preferably ISO 17034 accredited RMPs
- Calculation of Uncertainty of Measurement as per Guidelines for Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement by JCGM 100 (Joint Committee on Guides in Metrology)
- Development of Decision Rules for Conformity Assessment as per ISO 14253 & ISO Guide 98-4
- Verification of Standard Methods
- Validation of Non-Standard Methods
- Inter Laboratory Comparison/Proficiency Testing from ISO IEC 17043 accredited PT providers
- Internal Quality Assurance such as Re-Testing/Replicate Testing
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation