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4.3 Other resources

4.3.1 ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation bodies

What follows is a set of examples of accreditation bodies handling ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for laboratories around the world. For a more complete list of accreditation bodies, see the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) directory of approved bodies.

• Accredia, the Italian Accreditation Body (Italy)
• American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) (U.S.)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) (U.S.)
• ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) (U.S.)
• Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) (Vietnam)
• Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) (Canada)
• Comité français d'accréditation (Cofrac) (France)
• Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) (Germany)
• Dutch Accreditation Council (RVA) (Netherlands)
• Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) (Egypt)
• Institute for Accreditation of B&H (BATA) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) (New Zealand)
• International Accreditation Service (IAS) (U.S.)
• Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) (Ireland)
• Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) (Indonesia)
• Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) (South Korea)
• National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) (India)
• National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) (Australia)
• National Research Council of Canada (NRC) (Canada)
• National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) (U.S.)
• Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation (PJLA) (U.S.)
• Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) (Spain)
• Standards Council of Canada (SCC) (Canada)

4.3.2 ISO/IEC 17025 reference and resource library

Guides:

• Association of Public Health Laboratories (February 2018). "Laboratory Costs of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation: A 2017 Survey Report" (PDF). https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/FS-2018Feb-ISO-IEC-Accreditation-Costs-Survey-Report.pdf. 

• Douglas, S.E. (21 February 2022). "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Final Rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods: Considerations for Labs and Informatics Vendors". LIMSwiki.org. https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LII:FDA_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_Final_Rule_on_Laboratory_Accreditation_for_Analyses_of_Foods:_Considerations_for_Labs_and_Informatics_Vendors. 

• Mehta, B. (2019) (PDF). Implementing ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (2nd ed.). ASQ Quality Press. ISBN 9780873899802. https://pasargadabzar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Implementing-ISOIEC-170252017-by-Bob-Mehta.pdf. 

• National Association of Testing Authorities (April 2018). "General Accreditation Guidance: ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Gap analysis" (PDF). https://nata.com.au/files/2021/05/17025-2017-Gap-analysis.pdf. 

• Perry Johnson Consulting, Inc (January 2022). "ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Testing and Calibration Laboratories: An Executive Overview" (PDF). https://www.pjcinc.com/Downloads/ISOIEC17025_exov.pdf. 

• Portuguese Accreditation Institute (10 November 2019). "Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Application" (PDF). http://www.ipac.pt/docs/publicdocs/requisitos/OGC001_GuiaAplicacao17025_v20181231_En_20191110.pdf. 

• Vehring, S. (June 2020). "Tested & Accepted: Implementing ISO/IEC 17025:2017" (PDF). United Nations Industrial Development Organization. https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2020-06/Guide%20ISO%2017025-2017_online.pdf. 

Journal articles:

• Dror, Itiel E.; Pierce, Michal L. (1 May 2020). "ISO Standards Addressing Issues of Bias and Impartiality in Forensic Work" (in en). Journal of Forensic Sciences 65 (3): 800–808. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.14265. ISSN 0022-1198. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.14265. 

• Krismastuti, Fransiska Sri Herwahyu; Habibie, Muhammad Haekal (1 December 2022). "Complying with the resource requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in Indonesian calibration and testing laboratories: current challenges and future directions" (in en). Accreditation and Quality Assurance 27 (6): 359–367. doi:10.1007/s00769-022-01523-w. ISSN 0949-1775. PMC PMC9579603. PMID 36275871. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00769-022-01523-w. 

• Mandal, Goutam; Ansari, M. A.; Aswal, D. K. (1 September 2021). "Quality Management System at NPLI: Transition of ISO/IEC 17025 From 2005 to 2017 and Implementation of ISO 17034: 2016" (in en). MAPAN 36 (3): 657–668. doi:10.1007/s12647-021-00490-w. ISSN 0970-3950. PMC PMC8308083. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12647-021-00490-w. 

• Miguel, Anna; Moreira, Renata; Oliveira, André (2021). "ISO/IEC 17025: History and Introduction of Concepts". Química Nova. doi:10.21577/0100-4042.20170726. https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/Journal:ISO/IEC_17025:_History_and_introduction_of_concepts. 

• Monteiro Bastos da Silva, Juliana; Chaker, Jade; Martail, Audrey; Costa Moreira, Josino; David, Arthur; Le Bot, Barbara (26 January 2021). "Improving Exposure Assessment Using Non-Targeted and Suspect Screening: The ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 Quality Standard as a Guideline" (in en). Journal of Xenobiotics 11 (1): 1–15. doi:10.3390/jox11010001. ISSN 2039-4713. PMC PMC7838891. PMID 33530331. https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4713/11/1/1. 

• Neves, Rodrigo S.; Da Silva, Daniel P.; Galhardo, Carlos E.C.; Ferreira, Erlon H.M.; Trommer, Rafael M.; Damasceno, Jailton C. (22 February 2017), Kounis, Leo D., ed., "Key Aspects for Implementing ISO/IEC 17025 Quality Management Systems at Materials Science Laboratories" (in en), Quality Control and Assurance - An Ancient Greek Term Re-Mastered (InTech), doi:10.5772/66100, ISBN 978-953-51-2921-9, http://www.intechopen.com/books/quality-control-and-assurance-an-ancient-greek-term-re-mastered/key-aspects-for-implementing-iso-iec-17025-quality-management-systems-at-materials-science-laborator 

• Okezue, Mercy A.; Adeyeye, Mojisola C.; Byrn, Steve J.; Abiola, Victor O.; Clase, Kari L. (1 December 2020). "Impact of ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory accreditation in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study" (in en). BMC Health Services Research 20 (1): 1065. doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05934-8. ISSN 1472-6963. PMC PMC7686690. PMID 33228675. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05934-8. 

• Pillai, Segaran; Calvert, Jennifer; Fox, Elizabeth (3 November 2022). "Practical considerations for laboratories: Implementing a holistic quality management system". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10: 1040103. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.1040103. ISSN 2296-4185. PMC PMC9670165. PMID 36406233. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1040103/full. 

Other useful documents:

• LIMSpec 2022 R2
• NIST Quality System for Measurement Services