Accreditation for ISO 17025

The ISO 17025 academy provides well-defined instructions, as well as tips via email. Document templates contain an average of twenty comments each, and offer clear guidance for filling them out. For example, square brackets [ ] are used for all fields that must be filled in, as shown in the free Project Plan for ISO/IEC 17025 implementation, available at https://info.advisera.com/17025academy/free-download/project-plan-for-iso-17025-implementation.

For each document, the Purpose, Scope and Users are defined and references provided. Using the Addressing Risks and Opportunities Procedure as an example, all the requirements of ISO 17025 8.5 and 4.1 (Impartiality) are covered within the template, where the procedure covers what must be done. You complete the procedure by stating who is responsible for the tasks, e.g. “Laboratory Manager". As there are often many ways of achieving objectives towards implementation of specific requirements; you can in this example, list the preferred tools and methods your laboratory chooses for assessing and evaluating risks and opportunities. These records can be added in the table provided, alongside the supplied template Registry of Key Risks and Opportunities.

You can download a free ISO 17025 toolkit demo at https://advisera.com/17025academy/iso-17025-documentation-toolkit/ that could provide further understanding.

The Addressing Risks and Opportunities Procedure Is available at https://advisera.com/17025academy/documentation/addressing-risks-and-opportunities-procedure/