Cause Analysis and Corrective Action
Accredited and certified organizations are required to identify and evaluate nonconformities to eliminate the nonconformity and ensure it does not recur or occur elsewhere in…
The Anatomy of a Laboratory Assessment
An assessment is a demonstration by a body that specified requirements are fulfilled. Assessments are performed by technically competent assessors who evaluate the competence of…
Corrective Action vs. Preventive Action
When implementing a management system, there can be some confusion in terminology. Two terms that are often misunderstood are corrective action and preventive action. At…
What is Root Cause Analysis?
Root cause is a set of circumstances that leads to failure. In the context of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, failure can be considered a nonconformance within the…