ACCREDITATION

On February 20, 2018, the Italian version of UNI CEI EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018 - "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories" was published.

The new regulatory text is characterized by a profound update of the index structure compared to the 2005 revision, which allows the standard to be better applicable in the laboratory than a document that is outdated and no longer in step with the times. Formally, the figure of the Laboratory Quality Manager is no longer present to underline how now in the laboratory the operations of the QMS are substantially managed and implemented by various work teams and no longer by a single company function. Then introducing in the standard the transversal concept of approach by processes linked to risk / opportunity management, respectively in §7 and §8.5, the preventive actions will formally no longer make sense to exist risk of impartiality of one's work). Subcontracting no longer exists as a term, it is incorporated into the procurement process of products / services from the outside (in complete agreement with UNI EN ISO 9001: 2015).

HOW TO ADAPT THE CURRENT LABORATORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 STANDARD?

We will be able to offer you a simple, fast and above all effective adjustment path, which involves the implementation of 5 steps for each individual laboratory (implemented with the Deming - PDCA cycle: Plan, Do, Check, Act):

• P1 analysis of the management system in use in the laboratory, including the analysis of the internal and external context of the organization. Measurement of the operational gap to be filled for the correct transition to the new revision of the ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 standard
• P2 planning of operational activities to be carried out using the To Do List built with the 5W + 1H methodology (What? Why? Who? Where? When? And How?)
• D execution of planned activities, focus on main topics: process approach (including internal process audit), risk management and technical requirements
• C verifies what has been done in order to ascertain compliance with the planned objectives
• A critical analysis of the results achieved in order to be able to improve together with the assisted laboratory on the performance achieved.

Contact us and we will be able to provide you with a completely free first prospectus without obligation to plan an update proposal to the new requirements that includes a minimum investment.