The international standard for competence in laboratories is ISO 17025.
Accreditation to this standard allows for mutual recognition of data generated by laboratories worldwide. For such a holistic approach to work, all laboratories must operate within the same set of guidelines.
ISO 17025 is written in such a way as to allow this to happen without undue proscription on business practice within the organizations to which the individual laboratories belong. It is, in essence, an over-arching statement of intent implemented by documented processes through validated methodology supported by record-keeping and audit.
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