2. Are ISO/CEI 17025 and ISO 9001 recognition certificates equivalent?
ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001 have many points in common, but are not equivalent. Laboratories may well wonder which standard to choose. The choice is often made in relation to the client. Many customers of calibration and/or testing laboratories want (if not "demand") ISO 9001 certification, whereas the laboratory prefers ISO/CEI 17025.
In order to avoid redundant expenditure on third-party audits, in 2004 ISO (International Organization for Standardization), ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) and IAF (International Accreditation Forum) reached a compromise in the form of a joint communiqué finalized on June 18, 2005:
"When a laboratory meets the requirements of ISO/CEI 17025, this means that the laboratory meets both the requirements for technical competence and the requirements for a management system, which are necessary...
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Are ISO/CEI 17025 and ISO 9001 recognition certificates equivalent?
What are the managerial and technical requirements?
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Document LAB-REF-02 - Requirements for laboratory accreditation to NF EN ISO/CEI 17025
CITAC/EURACHEM Guide to quality in analytical chemistry – Accreditation assistance
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Comité français d’accréditation (CoFRAC)
CoFRAC, set up in 1994 under the French law of July 1 er 1901 (a private non-profit association), was designated as the sole national accreditation body by the decree of December 19, 2008, thus recognizing accreditation as a public authority activity.
Reference standards
ISO 9001:2015 - Quality management systems - Requirements
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
NF EN ISO 10012:2003 - Measurement management systems - Requirements for measurement processes and equipment
ISO/IEC 17000 - Conformity...
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