ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and Laboratory Accreditation (2-Day)

COURSE CONTENT:

• Course Introduction.
• Registration vs. Accreditation vs. Certification.
• Mutual Recognition Agreements.
• A2LA Accreditation Process.
• ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - What the Standard Requires:
  • Requirements for a quality manual;
  • Document control;
  • Contracts with customers;
  • Purchasing quality-critical services and supplies;
  • Handling complaints and non-conforming work;
  • Corrective and preventive actions;
  • Records maintenance;
  • Internal auditing and management review processes;
  • Personnel training and authorization;
  • Test and calibration procedures;
  • Equipment calibration and maintenance;
  • Traceability to the SI;
  • Sample preparation;
  • Quality control; and
  • Test and calibration reports.
• A2LA Specific Requirements:
  • Advertising accreditation;
  • Reporting accredited results;
  • Traceability requirements for measurement equipment; and
  • Participation in proficiency testing.

PREREQUISITE:

There is no pre-requisite for this course.

TARGET ATTENDEES:

Laboratory management and quality personnel.

EXAMS:

There is no exam for this course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After successful completion of the course, attendees will be able to:

• Recall the differences between registration, certification and accreditation;
• List the steps in the A2LA accreditation process;
• Implement ISO/IEC 17025:2005 through key word recognition;
• Identify the documents and records required by ISO/IEC 17025:2005; and
• Describe the A2LA policies for Traceability, Proficiency Testing and Advertising.

CEUs AWARDED:

1.6 CEUs Awarded*

PRESENTATION STYLE:

The course materials will be presented in an interactive lecture style (50%), as well by using application exercises and role playing (50%).