ISO 17025 - Expert Advice Community

ISO 17025 Audit requirements

1. We are QC testing laboratory for lubricant oil & samples are inhouse only as we have our manufacturing plant now we are planning to get 17025 certification. I want to know what all documents are needed

2. Also I need guidance to make the format of scope

3. We already have quality manual & policy as per ISO 9001 45001 & 14001. Do we need to make new for ISO 17025

4. Also if you can guide regarding which documents should be in hard copy format or all documents in soft format is okay

Lab exchanging anonymized samples for studies

What are the ISO regulations for internal/external lab exchanging anonymised samples for comparison studies?

Use of non accredited calibration service providers

Can an ISO 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratory use a non-accredited calibration service provider to calibrate its equipment?

Help in ISO 17025 implementation

I have a question and I hope for help. Will a  reference standardl be accepted that will expire in June 2023, knowing that the laboratory seeks effective application of ISO 17025? The second question, if it is mentioned in the certificate of the reference material that the re-test  of the material in 2024, what is the method used to re-test  and verify the effectiveness and stability of the material? The test result

Aligning ISO 17025 with ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 9001

When is ISO 17025 going to align with 14001, 45001 & 9001 sections? As to have 9001 and 17025 closer to achieve certification.

Internal auditing

Hi I have a question relating to auditing,

When auditing can I crossover sections say for instance when I need to audit inspection records and then audit inspection reports & inspection certificates, can I combine this into one audit ? I've been told you can't do this but I feel doing it this way will give us a far more in depth audit and this did suffice when working at my last employer with accreditations from UKAS.

Question about tensile testing

I was informed that only type IV specimens in tensile testing of plastics according to ASTM D638 are accredited by ISO 17025. May I know why that is?

Uncertainty calculation

I need some clarification about uncertainty calculation

Laboratory Certifications for ISO9001 and 17025

One of our customers has mandated ISO9001 and also 17025 in specific areas. Are these two separate certifications or can they be combined?

Writing laboratory document and record control procedure

How can I write for our laboratory document and record control procedure?