Test and calibration laboratories carry out their work within the scope of the TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 general requirements standard for the competence of test and calibration laboratories.
TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 General requirements standard for the competence of test and calibration laboratories includes many new structural changes in applications with the 2017 revision.
Unlike the 2005 version, the general requirements standard for the competence of the TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 Test and calibration laboratories with the 2017 version are organized under 7 main headings.
In basic approaches;
- Specifying the Decision Rule
- Risk-based approach
- Definition of laboratory activities
Understanding of subcontracting activities and service purchasing materials together TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 General requirements standard for the competence of test and calibration laboratories constitute important changes of the 2017 revision.
In decision rule applications;
How to include measurement uncertainty calculations is defined in declaration of conformity to the specified conditions.
In the understanding of risk-based approach;
Preventive activities in the 2005 version have been replaced by the Risk-based approach in the new version. The laboratory is responsible for determining the existing risks within the scope of all kinds of applications and determining the measures that will minimize these risk factors.
In the definition of laboratory activities;
With the 2017 revision; In addition to test and calibration laboratories, sampling laboratories are subject to the requirements of the TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 general requirements standard for the competence of test and calibration laboratories within the scope of accreditation studies.