Uncertain Measurement
We depend on devices and equipment to improve the quality of our lives. These products and equipment are manufactured, assembled, and tested to meet exacting…
Fundamentals of Internal Auditing
Internal audits are required by many ISO certification and accreditation standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025. This stresses the importance of a vast…
Remote Assessments for Laboratories
What Is a Remote Assessment? ISO/IEC 17011:2017 defines remote assessment as an assessment of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body…
IQ/OQ/PQ in Equipment Verification and Validation
Ensuring laboratory equipment operates as expected is critically important to the validity of results generated by the laboratory. As part of process validation through IQ/OQ/PQ,…
Why Do You Need a Management Review?
Why Do You Need a Management Review? Would you fly or sail over the oceans without instruments to navigate your way? A small error at…
Accreditation Requirements: ISO 15189 Medical Test Labs
Accreditation Requirements (AR) 2253, ISO 15189 Medical Test Laboratories applies to laboratories accredited to the 2012 edition of ISO 15189 as well as those transitioning or…
In-House Calibrations for Accredited Testing Laboratories
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requires laboratories to calibrate measuring equipment when the measurement accuracy or uncertainty affects the validity of results and/or the metrological traceability of results…
NFPA 790/791 Field Evaluation Body Program
ANAB’s Field Evaluation Body (FEB) program for NFPA 790, Standard For Competency Of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies, and NFPA 791, Recommended Practice And Procedures For…
Flexible Scope of Accreditation
Any changes to a fixed scope of accreditation would require the laboratory to contact their accreditation body requesting a scope expansion to add changes to…