The credibility and reliability of an in house laboratory or subcontracted external laboratory is paramount in maintaining a robust and credible manufacturing facility.
Laboratory accreditation is becoming an important factor for companies that maintain their own calibration/testing facilities, as well as those that utilise external sources for calibration/testing services. The credibility and reliability of a laboratory can be verified and demonstrated by an assessment and subsequent certification to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025.
Independent certification by IMS, this helps a laboratory demonstrate to its clients that they can provide reliable test results The 'product' of a laboratory is the test result and report. This is the data or information resulting from the tests that the customer will act upon. ISO/IEC 17025 is a specification for calibration and testing laboratories, applicable to any type of organisation regardless of size, location or the range of services they provide. ISO/IEC 17025:1999 offers a common, harmonised approach for organisations to achieve and demonstrate compliance to both the requirements of ISO 9002:1994 and ISO/IEC Guide 25:1990. The ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation guidelines require that the certification body utilise auditors who are technically competent in the specific field of calibration/testing being performed at the client's laboratory. IMS are often able to help clients achieve a level of enhancement to their laboratories' current capabilities. Using this approach companies can cut costs currently being incurred due to re-testing, lost productivity, recall of reports and client's product.
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