Hello Joe, From the perspective of a laboratory equipment manufacturer, it is not mandatory to get 17025 accreditation unless you want your test lab to be recognized under the IECEE CB scheme. For laboratory equipment it's a Marketing call if you need to get a CB report, considering that the EU now has most of the countries that were asking for CB reports before May 1, 2004. However, I have found that countries that require CB reports will also accept CSA test reports for Laboratory Equipment.
BTW, one of the things that will come up under ISO 17025 accreditation is measurement uncertainty. If you decide to go this route it is wise to determine how you will deal with this well before hand. Best regards, Ron Wellman At 08:16 AM 5/14/2004, Joe P Martin wrote: >Greetings, > >Is compliance with ISO 17025 General Requirements for the Competence of >Calibration and Testing Laboratories a requirement for calibration and >testing laboratories, or is it voluntary? Are the requirements dependent on >the type of testing or Directives that the lab is testing to? > >All responses are appreciated. > >Regards > >Joe Martin >Applied Biosystems >|------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------| >| >| >| >| >| >| >| >| >| >| >|------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > >------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety >Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > >Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > >To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] >with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > >For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > >All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
