It is the main ISO standard used by testing and calibration laboratories. In most countries, ISO/IEC 17025 is the standard for which most labs must hold accreditation in order to be deemed technically competent. In many cases, suppliers and regulatory authorities will not accept test or calibration results from a lab that is not accredited. Originally known as ISO/IEC Guide 25, ISO/IEC 17025 was initially issued by the International Organization for Standardization in 1999. There are many commonalities with the ISO 9000 standard, but ISO/IEC 17025 is more specific in requirements for competence and applies directly to those organizations that produce testing and calibration results and is based on somewhat more technical principles.[1] Laboratories use ISO/IEC 17025 to implement a quality system aimed at improving their ability to consistently produce valid results.[2] It is also the basis for accreditation from an accreditation body.
Laboratory clients, regulatory agencies and certification bodies can use it to confirm or recognize laboratory competence
Improve your image and credibility with your customers
Create satisfied customers, management, and employees
Correct problems and improve your organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
Achieve increased gains in saving time, money and other resources
There are three stages that business organizations seeking to obtain ISO 17025 certification must apply, and the organization must apply them with perfection and success in order to obtain the certificate and achieve its goal.
In this stage of we prepare the conditions and working environment to become compatible with the requirements of the certificate.
It is at this stage that the certificate is obtained.
When the organization obtains the certificate, it must maintain the level it achieved , so the company granting the certificate checks the quality management system through visits.
