ISO 17025 Laboratory Management

ISO17025 - the Standard

ISO 17025 specifies the general requirements for the competence to carry out tests and/or calibrations, including sampling. ISO 17025 is applicable to all laboratories regardless of the number of personnel or the extent of the scope of testing and/or calibration activities. Whilst ISO 9001 has always been at the core of quality management systems, ISO 17025 is now widely acknowledged by Laboratory customers and regulatory authorities as an appropriate standard to govern the work of laboratories.

Benefits of Compliance

• Provides documented policies and procedures, which will assist in the submission of response to Requests for Information (RFIs) during competitive tender processes.
• Enables assessment of relative quality and capability of different calibration laboratories.
• Demonstrates to regulators and government, a commitment to achieving compliance.
• Enables easy comparison of measurement expertise from different calibration suppliers.
• Eliminates the need for supplier auditing - calibration suppliers independently verified through the accreditation process.
• Provides a solid foundation for further development of business management systems to embrace other industry standards that are likely to become important in the future.

How can we help?

Teamwork can help you to implement a laboratory management systems and become ISO 17025 accredited demonstrating that your laboratory is technically competent, and able to generate technically valid results. Teamwork can also assist laboratories with compliance and auditing to ISO 13485 / CMDCAS/ QSIT and the IVD Directive and the Medical Devices Directive.

In addition, ISO 17025 is designed to be compatible with other management system Standards such as ISO 9001 (Quality). A combination of these complementary Standards can be integrated seamlessly. They share many principles, so choosing an Integrated Management System can provide you with outstanding value for money.