ISO 17025: know the importance of this accreditation

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ISO 17025: know the importance of this accreditation Have you heard of ISO 17025 accreditation? It is most important because it contributes to the globalization of procedures worldwide in various calibration and testing laboratories. What is ISO 17025? The ISO 17025 Accreditation standard is used in the quality management system. It guarantees that the methodology used in a weight calibration, for example, makes the calculation procedures and the form of treatment work equally. Thus, many discussions can be avoided and the standards maintained. This ensures that the calibration procedure will be the same in the world. It is worth noting that it is associated with quality management, not product quality. After all, they have different issues. The name of the standard is: “requirements for the competence of a calibration test laboratory.” It is as if it were ISO 9001, but with some additional requirements and aimed at the field of laboratory testing and calibration. This is a competence criterion whose contribution is used to enable the laboratory to issue the calibration and test certificate.

Therefore, it does not establish a link that is up to other standards and does not constitute a followup, as it is intended for a process approach. This ISO treats the company as if it were divided into processes, analyzing it from such a perspective.


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