Course description:
This 5-day course fully covers ISO 17025 Requirements for Laboratory Accreditation and Lab Auditing. Designed for lab personnel, providing authoritative coverage with practical examples. If you’re pursuing lab accreditation, responsible for operations or just need clear understanding of requirements, this is the course for you. ISO-17025 is a world recognized standard for laboratory competence, applicable to both testing labs and calibration labs across most all industry sectors. Other ISO Standards often used by clients as the basis for their quality systems require established criteria for outsourced services, such as lab testing and calibration, and recognizes the value of accredited labs.* Sadly, in too many cases labs have not adequately established compliance, encountered client rejections and entanglement in liability suits claiming faulty testing.
Moreover, lab accreditation can deliver significant cost savings, as well as an expanded market. Attendees can expect to gain a good understanding of the 17025 accreditation process, requirements including auditing to achieve and maintain lab accreditation. Instructors are highly experienced professionals and will answer your questions.
* According to studies, accredited labs receive preferred selection and earn premium lab fees for work performed for ISO registered client organizations in automotive and medical industries.
Who should attend?
- Laboratory Operations Management
- Quality Assurance, QC Personnel and Lab Quality Auditors
- Test Technicians and Test Lab Supervisors
- This course is designed only for in-company auditors
Learning Objectives:
- Laboratory Accreditation Process—Lab Scope, Fields of Testing, Specific Programs
- ISO-17025:2005 Requirements—Part 4 and Part 5
- The Lab Manual and QMS Documentation Structure
- Integrating 17025 to Existing Systems
- Terminology—VIM and Concepts of Certification, Registration and Accreditation
- Compliance vs. Conformance and Risk Aspects
- Proficiency Testing and Assuring the Quality of Lab Results
- Auditing the Laboratory—Methodology, Phases, Process Approach, Reporting and Follow-up
- Role of Laboratory Management Review
- Competence of Personnel
- Equipment Capability and Measurement Uncertainty
- Planning, Conducting and Reporting Lab Quality Audits
Discuss and Learn from:
- Role Playing a Lab Audit Case Study
- Practical Applications Exercises and Q&A
- Nonconformance Reporting Formats
Course Prerequisite:
There are no prerequisites; however, attendees are expected to have formal education appropriate to their job. Some familiarity with test or calibration lab activities is helpful.
Further Information
Certificates of attendance are provided on successful completion of the course.
Next steps
View our ISO 9001 Quality Management training course schedule.
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