| Laboratory accreditation is a scheme in which an authoritative
accreditation body approves laboratories that conform to relevant requirements
for their competence to conduct test and calibration in specific technical
areas. The aim is to assure the confidence and reliability of the data
measured, tested, and calibrated by laboratories. In the most countries
in Europe and USA purchasers (users) require suppliers (manufacturers)
to attach the test data to products and a lot of suppliers use the data
tested by the third-party laboratories independent from relevant parties.
In these cases, test reports issued by accredited testing laboratories
are value-adding and useful for purchasers and suppliers to effective
trade.
Accreditation Body and
Testing/Calibration Laboratories
The accreditation body is an organization to evaluate
the conformity and competence of laboratories against international
standards and guides or other requirements under the laboratory accreditation
system. To ensure the international harmonization, the accreditation
body itself is required to conform to relevant international
standards.
| International standards
for Accreditation Body (AB) |
Conformity Assessment Body
(CAB) for accreditation |
International standards and
guides for CAB |
| ISO/IEC 17011:2004
(JIS Q17011:2005)*1 |
Testing/Calibration laboratory |
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (JIS Q17025:2005)*2 |
| Reference Material Producer |
ISO Guide 34:1996 (JIS Q0034:1997)*3+
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (JIS Q17025:2005)*2 |
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*1 JIS Q17011:2005 Conformity assessment - General requirements for accreditation
bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
*2 JIS Q17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and
calibration laboratories
*3 JIS Q0034:1997 Quality system guidelines for production of Reference
Materials
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