The first laboratory accreditation bodies to be established were NATA in Australia (1948) and TELARC in New Zealand (1973). The majority of accreditation bodies established from then on have been based on the NATA and TELARC formats.

The ISO 17025 Quality Manual Template sets the quality system foundation for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Agriculture system of laboratories. Read this excerpt from the 24th Annual National Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems. 

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Background information can be found on ISO/IEC 17025 Resource Center and ISO 17025 Information

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ISO/IEC 17025 Revisions for 2005

ISO/IEC 17025 was published as a new standard on May 12, 2005. The purpose of the revisions was to align the quality management wording of ISO/IEC 17025 with the wording in ISO 9001:2000, but retain the focus on technical competence. The modifications to ISO/IEC 17025 are for all intents and purposes relatively minor. This is documented in the following ISO 17025 Revision Summary.

Other than a more rigorous emphasis on continual improvement the impact of these changes for most laboratories appear to be minimal. How the new changes are implemented are essentially at the discretion of each country’s accreditation body. However, it is probable that implementation will follow the same path as the three year implementation period which was utilized for ISO 9001:2000.

The ISO 17025 Quality Manual Template now incorporates all the revisions of the ISO 17025:2005 standard. Customers who purchased the 1999 version cof the template can transition to the 2005 version by purchasing the UPGRADE.


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