ISO/IEC 17025: requirements for testing laboratories in depth

What makes a testing laboratory competent — and how is that measured? The answer is given by DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018, the international standard for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. From 15 to 17 March 2021, Christian Schärer completed the three-day foundation course on it run by VOREST AG.

The content at a glance:

• Fundamentals, benefits and sequence of an accreditation — including the specific requirements of the DAkkS
• Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2018 on the laboratory and its management system
• Tasks in quality management: quality planning, control and assurance
• QM documentation: QM manual, process descriptions, work instructions
• Methods for continual improvement, dealing with risks and opportunities

Continuing education is part of how we work at CSL. The requirements ISO/IEC 17025 places on a testing laboratory — from measuring equipment with traceable calibration through controlled environmental conditions to clean documentation — are the benchmark we align our daily work with. The measuring laboratory and its environmental conditions →