Measurement Matters – Assess Accreditation
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Accredited labs must comply with standards.
Accreditation is more than a symbol on a certificate. Your calibration service provider must get accreditation through a body such as ANAB, UKAS, CNAS, or JCSS. A common accreditation standard is ISO / IEC 17025:2017.
Accreditation covers the following:
- technical competence of staff
- validity and appropriateness of test methods
- traceability of measurements and calibrations to national standards
- suitability, calibration, and maintenance of test equipment
- testing environment
- sampling, handling, and transportation of test items
- quality assurance of test and calibration data