Preparation for accreditation and performance of the internal audit of the laboratory in accordance with the requirements of EN ISO / IEC 17025

EN ISO / IEC 17025:2017 is a standard that applies to laboratories in various industries and ensures that standards for laboratory testing and calibration are followed in practice. 
The implementation of the ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory management system is an effective means of ensuring efficiency and technical competence in calibration and testing laboratories. 
A laboratory that has effectively implemented a laboratory management system in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 joins a growing global partnership of accredited laboratories. 

An ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation certificate demonstrates to potential customers that your laboratory values quality and that you have taken steps to ensure that your calibration or test results are accurate and reliable. ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is available for both stand-alone laboratories and laboratories that are part of larger facilities. 

If you want to consolidate the position of your laboratory on the market as a serious competitor, it is essential that your laboratory management system complies with the globally recognized ISO/IEC17025 standard. 

As part of the preparation of the application for accreditation, laboratories should first document their quality management system in accordance with the requirements of the ISO standard / IEC 17025, implement your newly documented procedures, check the results and activities through an internal audit and finally make the necessary adjustments before the actual accreditation audit and assessment of the QMS by SNAS. Laboratory accreditation is a third-party attestation (SNAS), providing official proof of the ability/competence to perform specific conformity assessment tasks.

Steps necessary to introduce a quality system and prepare for laboratory accreditation in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:

1. Obtain information about the ISO/IEC 17025 standard (you can sign up for our online public course)
2. Performance of GAP analysis of the current state of the laboratory's quality system. 
3. Development of the ISO / IEC 17025 Project implementation schedule. 
4. Documenting the processes and quality management system in accordance with the requirements of ISO / IEC 17025 in a laboratory with any focus and in any industry sector. 
5. Training of laboratory employees regarding the new controlled documentation and the requirements of the standard. 
6. Implementation of a new quality management system. 
7. Performance of the Internal Audit of your QMS, implementation of corrective actions. 
8. Submitting an Application for preliminary assessment and completion of an accreditation audit, i.e. assessment by local state accreditation body (all necessary forms and information for laboratory accreditation applicants can be found on the SNAS website www.snas.sk).

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