ISO 17025:2005

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The official title of this standard is: BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.It was produced by Technical Committee ISO/CASCO in collaberation with Technical Committee CEN/CLC/TC 1.

It contains the following 5 sections:

1. Scope
2. Normative References
3. Terms and Definitions
4. Management Requirements
5. Technical Requirements

However, the main body of the standard is documented within sections 4 and 5. These contain the following requirements:

Management Requirements
- Organization
- Quality system
- Document control
- Review of requests, tenders and contracts
- Subcontracting of tests and calibrations
- Purchasing services and supplies
- Service to client
- Complaints
- Control of nonconforming testing and/or calibration work
- Corrective action
- Preventive action
- Control of records
- Internal audits
- Management reviews

Technical Requirements
- General
- Personnel
- Accommodation and environmental conditions
- Test and calibration methods and method validation
- Equipment
- Measurement traceability
- Sampling
- Handling of test and calibration items
- Assuring the quality of test and calibration results
- Reporting the results

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