In the United Kindom all aspects of accreditation are the sole responsibility of UKAS, The United Kingdom Accreditation Service. In the U.S. there are two bodies that are mutually recognised to provide accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. They are the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) and the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). There are many other bodies in the US that provide accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025, but most do not have either bilateral or multilateral recognition arrangements with other recognised bodies.
A first step to obtaining accreditation is to contact one of the bodies mentioned above, or you own national accreditation organisation. They will be able to provide you with detailed information on how to prepare your management and other sytems, ready for the accreditation process to begin.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment