PUBLICATIONS FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION TO ISO/IEC 17025

To gain accreditation, a laboratory must be fully conversant and comply with the relevant standard, which is:

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2000)

General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories

Publications that provide guidance on meeting these requirements in specific areas are listed in UKAS Publications List (M4).  It is the responsibility of the laboratory to obtain and maintain current their own copy of ISO/IEC 17025.

UKAS laboratory publications (the LAB series) give guidance in the form of extra information, detail and specific limitations with respect to the application of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. By following this guidance, laboratories will be able to demonstrate at assessment that they meet the relevant requirements.  However, a laboratory may use alternative methods, provided that they are shown to give an equivalent outcome.

Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique

Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique on the Management System Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

LAB 1	Reference to Accreditation for Laboratories (May 2004)
LAB 3	The Conduct of UKAS Laboratory Assessments (December 2005)
LAB 5	Reporting of Calibration Results (Mar 2000)
LAB 11	Traceability of Temperature Measurement: Platinum Resistance Thermometers, Liquid-in-glass Thermometers and Radiation Thermometers (Sep 2000)
LAB 12	The Expression of Uncertainty in Testing (Oct 2000)
LAB 13	UKAS Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC 17025 Dealing with Expressions of Opinions and Interpretations (Oct 2001)
LAB 14	Calibration of Weighing Machines (Edition 4, November 2006)
LAB 15	Traceability: Volumetric Apparatus (Mar 2002)
LAB 21	Calibration and Measurement Traceability for Construction Materials Testing Equipment (Oct 2000)
LAB 22	Traceability: Test Sieves (Nov 2000)
LAB 23	Traceability for Equipment used in Acoustical Testing (Edition 2, Jan 2007)
LAB 24	Measurement of Traceability and Calibration in the Mechanical Testing of Metallic Materials (Nov 2000)
LAB 25	Traceability of Hardness Measurements (Nov 2000)
LAB 26	Calibration of Radionuclide Sources: Activity, Particle or Photon Emission Rate, Air Kerma Rate (Edition 2, October 2004)
LAB 30	Application of ISO/IEC 17025 for Asbestos Sampling and Testing (Edition 2, April 2008)
LAB 31	Use of Culture Media Procured Ready-to-use or Partially Completed in Microbiological Testing (Dec 2000)
LAB 32	Accreditation for Suppliers to the UK National DNA Database (Jun 2001)
LAB 34	The Expression of uncertainty in EMC Testing (Aug 2002)
LAB 35	Uncertainties Associated with Imperfect Surfaces in Thermal conductivity Measurements Using Standard Hot-plate Equipment (Mar 2001)
LAB 36	Laboratory Accommodation and Environment in the Measurement of Length, Angle and Form (Mar 2001)
LAB 37	Accreditation Requirements for Sampling and Testing in Accordance with the Drinking Water Testing Specification (DWTS) (Jun 2002)
LAB 39	UKAS Guidance on the Implementation and Management of Flexible Scopes of Accreditation within Laboratories (Aug 2004)
M3003	The Expression of Uncertainty and Confidence in Measurement (Jan 2007)
EA Publications	Relevant EA Publications

 

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Edition 108 - June 2008

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Publications for All Organisations

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Publications Relating to Inspection Body Accreditation

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Technical Policy Statements

Publications Relating to EC Directives and UK Regulations

Directories of UKAS Accredited Organisations

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