 ISO 17025
Ready
ISO 17025 and IEC 17025 Laboratory
Accreditation is the criteria for laboratories to
demonstrate the technical competence to carry out specific
test methods; generate valid calibration data, test results,
and operate an effective quality system. ISO 17025
applies to any organization that wants to assure its
customers of its precision, accuracy and repeatability of
results.
ISO 17025 certified manufacturers
demonstrate to their customers that the product quality
laboratories optimally perform specified tests on the
products supplied; laboratory personnel are trained and
qualified to conduct these tests; instruments utilized are
calibrated and serviced, results are properly reported, and
that all of these processes have been confirmed by an
independent auditor.
Customers expect results provided by the
supplier's laboratory to be as accurate and objective as
those conducted by an independent laboratory or at the
customer's laboratory.
Analytical tests and associated data
generated by accredited supplier laboratories are typically
not reproduced by the clients that purchase the products.
With measurement and measurement related operations
estimated to account for 3% to 6% of industrialized
countries’ GDP, accredited laboratories are able to command
higher prices than their non-accredited competitors.
The requisite documentation linked to
each of the lab processes is easily generated during the
implementation of an ISO 17025 “ready” LIMS platform
like STARLIMS.
 ISO 17025 Documentation
STARLIMS integrated work flow manager
produces compliant electronic records at each of the
laboratory workflow steps and automatically links related
information to produce a traceability matrix surrounding
results. The numerous steps involved in obtaining a
defendable result are electronically documented in
correspondence with integrated modules that maintain:
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Versions of test methods, |
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Training certifications for analysts, |
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Log books for instrument maintenance, |
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Instrument standards and control
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Material management and storage
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Chain of Custody, |
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Reporting templates and distribution
standards, |
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Outsourcing of lab services and more. |
STARLIMS integrated ISO 17025
“ready” features are recognized by laboratories and quality
management experts as an effective platform to accelerate
accreditation and ease the burden of maintaining ongoing
compliance.
“Through our combined work effort over
the last five years, we have found STARLIMS to be an
efficient platform for creating and maintaining a
comprehensive laboratory quality system that addresses all
applicable aspects of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard. STARLIMS
ability to rapidly configure workflows is especially
valuable in developing a reliable quality system in
organizations where processes are constantly changing.”
added Bruce Weber, CEO, of QMS Quality Management Systems,
Inc. “Our experience with STARLIMS and our international
presence has led us to offer STARLIMS’ customers a suite of
extremely cost effective assessment and certification
services leading to Laboratory Accreditation in compliance
with the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.”
To Learn More about STARLIMS ISO 17025
accreditation, see also:
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