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Additional benefits of ISO 9001 for Testing & Calibration labs

Are there additional benefits over and above ISO 17025 accreditation.

The thing is – Our management holds the view that ISO 9001 should be less necessary for our Testing & Calibration labs which are ISO 17025 accredited???

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Carlos Pereira da Cruz Jan 28, 2020

Truth is that ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 have different purposes. ISO 9001 is about implementing a quality management system and is applicable to any kind of organization. Quality management systems can be certified by a certification body.

ISO 17025 is about “General laboratory competency of testing calibration requirements” and is applicable to laboratories that produce results, like composition of a sample, that can be used in a court of law. ISO 17025 main concern is competent, impartial, and consistent operation of laboratories. ISO 17025 is mainly used by calibration laboratories. Laboratories are accredited by an accreditation body.

The following material will provide you more information about ISO 17025:

- ISO 17025 vs. ISO 9001 – Main differences and similarities - https://advisera.com/17025academy/blog/2019/07/11/iso-17025-vs-iso-9001-main-differences-and-similarities//

- Six key benefits of ISO 17025 implementation - https://advisera.com/17025academy/blog/2019/10/18/six-key-benefits-of-iso-17025-implementation/

- Diagram of ISO 17025 Implementation Process - https://info.advisera.com/17025academy/free-download/diagram-of-iso-17025-implementation-process

- What is ISO 17025? - https://advisera.com/17025academy/what-is-iso-17025/

- Please check our ISO/IEC 17025 Blog - https://advisera.com/17025academy/blog/

- Download free ISO/IEC 17025 materials - https://advisera.com/17025academy/free-downloads/

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