Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Accreditation – ISO/IEC 17025

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry

  • 3587 Accesses

Abstract

This chapter gives the background on the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories according to ISO/IEC 17025 and sets out the requirements of this international standard. ISO 15189 describes similar requirements especially tailored for medical laboratories. Because of these similarities ISO 15189 is not separately mentioned throughout this lecture.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • CITAC/EURACHEM (2002) Guide to Quality in Analytical Chemistry - An Aid to Accreditation, available from www.eurachem.org

  • Günzler H (1996) Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry, Springer, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO/IEC 17000:2004 - Conformity assessment - Vocabulary and general principles

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO/IEC 17011:2004 - Conformity assessment - General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO 17020:1998 - General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO 15189:2007 - Medical laboratories -- Particular requirements for quality and competence

    Google Scholar 

  • ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 - General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems

    Google Scholar 

  • Wilson S, Weir G (1995) Food and Drink Laboratory Accreditation: A Practical Approach, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Water Chemistry and Water Technology, University of Applied Science. Niederrhein, Adlerstr. 32, 47798, Krefeld, Germany

    Rüdiger Kaus

Authors
  1. Rüdiger Kaus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rüdiger Kaus .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. FB 8 Chemie, Inst. Analytische Chemie I, Universität Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, Siegen, 57068, Germany

    Bernd W. Wenclawiak

  2. Inst. Siedlungswasserbau, Wassergüte-und, Abfallwirtschaft, Universität Stuttgart, Bandtäle 1, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany

    Michael Koch

  3. , Kennedy Business Center, Quintessence Enterprises Ltd., 12-14 Kennedy Avenue, Nicosia, 1087, Cyprus

    Evsevios Hadjicostas

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Kaus, R. (2010). Accreditation – ISO/IEC 17025. In: Wenclawiak, B., Koch, M., Hadjicostas, E. (eds) Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13609-2_2

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation