| Issue Number: Edition 151 |
Date of Issue: January 2012 |
To gain accreditation, a laboratory must be fully conversant and comply with the relevant standard, which is:
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 |
| LAB 1 | Reference to Accreditation for Laboratories (Edition 5, August 2009) |
| LAB 3 | The Conduct of UKAS Laboratory Assessments (Edition 4, August 2009) |
| LAB 5 | Reporting of Calibration Results (Mar 2000) |
| LAB 11 | Traceability of Temperature Measurement: Platinum Resistance Thermometers, Liquid-in-glass Thermometers and Radiation Thermometers (Edition 3, January 2010) |
| 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 (Edtion 2, June 2009) |
| 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 (Edition 2, June 2009) |
| LAB 32 | Accreditation for Suppliers to the UK National DNA Database (Edition 2, August 2011) |
| 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 (Edition 3, Dec 2008) |
| LAB 37 | Accreditation Requirements for Sampling and Testing in Accordance with the Drinking Water Testing Specification (DWTS) (Edition 2, August 2009) |
| 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 |