ISO 17025 — General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

What is ISO 17025?

ISO 17025 covers the requirements for laboratories to enable them to demonstrate they operate competently and are able to generate valid results.

In summary, this is the international standard defining how a test or calibration laboratory should be managed and for accurate and repeatable measurements to be made and recorded.

How can we help?

Whatever support you are looking for we are here to help. Some examples of what we can do for you:

• Create and implement a laboratory management system (LMS) for you, support to attain accreditation and maintenance.
• Tailor a solution to meet your needs; leveraging any working systems and processes where appropriate to deliver good practice and manage to minimise your laboratory overheads.
• Laboratory Quality Manager support to perform audits, reviews, document control, customer feedback and implementation of actions to maintain compliance with ISO 17025.
• Help you catch up if you have fallen behind maintaining your LMS.
• Recovery of your LMS if it’s not working for you.
• Maintenance and support of your existing LMS.
• Accreditation readiness checks and support on external audit on days.
• Help in resolving actions from an audit.
• General health checks, gap analysis and advise for your existing LMS.