Overview
This training course is an introductory look at ISO/IEC 17025 and its requirements for demonstrating the technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories. In this training course, you will be introduced to the accreditation process and you will also gain insight into the interpretation of the requirements of this international laboratory standard.
• ISO – International Standards Organization
• IEC – International Electro Technical Commission
This comprehensive training course will illustrate the ISO17025 requirements for testing laboratories, relevant to the operation of their management system, technical competency, validity of analytical results, and the use of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) as a tool in satisfying the above. In particular, the importance of LIMS implementation in meeting the traceability requirements of ISO 17025 will be addressed. The training course will also demonstrate the compliance of ISO 17025 with those ISO 9001 and GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) requirements that are relevant to the scope of testing service
- By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- • Understand and implement Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in their organizations.
- • Comprehend the importance of assuring quality of test and calibration results
- • Apply traceability from sample receipt and analysis scheduling until delivery of results, through the implementation of LIMS
- • Design LIMS on the basis of ISO 17025 requirements.
- • Realize the need for continuous review and improvement of LIMS systems, based on market and regulatory requirements
TARGET AUDIENCE
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals involved in Quality Assurance (QA) in analytical laboratories, but will greatly benefit:
• Management and technical personnel of analytical laboratories, in a wide spectrum of activities (e.g. oil refinery, food and utility industries including potable and wastewater treatment plants, and commercial analytical laboratories)
• Technicians, Specialists and other personnel involved in laboratories
• Those laboratories that are in the process of obtaining ISO 17025 accreditation and those planning to implement a LIMS
• Newly recruited laboratory scientific personnel
• Laboratory accreditation consultants