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ISO standards touch almost all aspects of daily life, and work for organizations large and small. ISO/IEC 17025 is the international quality standard for testing and calibration laboratories. Laboratories use ISO/IEC 17025 to implement a quality system aimed at improving their ability to consistently produce valid results. Labs must hold this accreditation as it is a kind of certificate of their technical competence, nationally and globally. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is an important tool that helps laboratories achieve ISO/IEC 17025 certification in an easier, faster and cost-effective way.

An overview of ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist

In the entire ISO 17025 Audit documentation kit, the best part is ISO 17025 Audit checklist. Do you know why it is so? This is because, ISO/IEC 17025 checklist is:

• prepared by industry experts having rich experience of 25+ years
• meant to verify mandatory system implementation points
• completely customizable
• an exhaustive list of more than 500 questions.

Why is ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist important?

ISO 17025 audit is meant for checking the competence of your laboratory to consistently produce valid results. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is an indispensable part of the ISO audit of your laboratory. It is a useful tool that helps you efficiently and timely conduct audit in order to get ISO/IEC 17025 certification for your laboratory.

Preparing for an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation audit is demanding, especially if it is your first audit. Even if you have had prior experience of ISO 17025 audit, you will be a little stressed and anxious about the outcome. ISO 17025 audit checklist plays here a vital role to alleviate your tension and make the audit an enjoyable experience for you and your organization.

When ISO auditors come to your laboratory they will ask for a number of documented information about your quality management system, processes and their implementation. If you have a readymade ISO 17025 audit checklist, then it will help you prepare for the audit in a well-organized manner. Conversely, auditors also find it easy to systematically conduct audit by referring to audit checklist, as it minimizes the chances of any lapse in collecting and auditing the documents.

ISO 17025 audit checklist will eliminate the eleventh-hour rush during or before audit as you can pre- organize all the necessary information/ documents in folders, binders, and (or) in your computer/laptop at the place of audit meetings.

Remember, in any audit, your first impression matters. If all the documents are readily available, it indicates that your organization/laboratory is professional and well-organized.  Auditors, on the other side, will also be able to exhibit professionalism if they have audit checklist ready in their hands.

Benefits of ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist

The three main benefits of using ISO17025 audit checklist are that it:

1.    Saves time
Having information readily available is a huge time saver. Collecting documented information before audit and having them readily available for auditor will not only reduce the amount of time spent on your assessment but also make you look professionally and well prepared. ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist will help save time for collecting all types of documented information that auditors would ask for.

2.    Reduces costs
The less time it takes to complete your assessment, the lower your assessment fees will be. You may be able to save several thousand rupees/ dollars by expediting the assessment process. Additionally, you will be less stressed and able to focus on the assessment.

3.    Reduces chance of deficiencies
Additionally, your preparation efforts will make you frantically searching for various documented information. This will put you under pressure causing you to deliver your auditors incomplete or incorrect information and giving them extra time to dig deeper into your documents, records, and processes and find more deficiencies. Using checklist would likely prevent your assessor from finding additional deficiencies. With the checklist in hand, you can preselect records that are free from mistakes.  Thus you would attract fewer citations and deficiencies and you will be at advantage in the assessment.

Conclusion

ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist is a must have for testing and calibration laboratories seeking ISO 17025 certification. It is also useful for those laboratories which are looking for re-certification. Here, we have just given you a glimpse of what an ISO 17025 certification audit is and how ISO/IEC 17025 Audit Checklist can ease your process of getting certified.  In a nutshell using the ISO 17025 audit checklist can make the path of ISO/IEC 17025 certification easier for you by saving your time and cost and reducing the  chance of deficiency.

GSP Crop Science Private Ltd., one of the leading manufacturer and exporter of pesticide technical as well their formulation including seed treatment chemicals has successfully completed renewal assessment of ISO 17025:2005 with the help of Global Manager Group. Global Manager Group has taken NABL Accreditation consultancy project as per ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and successfully completed all re-assessment work within given time frame. The NABL consultancy team of GMG has done this work and achieved recommendation after re-assessment audit done by NABL lead auditors.

Global Manager Group has provided ISO/IEC 17025 Consultancy services from last 15 years for testing and calibration laboratories. Global Manager Group has implemented NABL accreditation based quality management system in the GSP Crop Science Unit-3, by training employee of all level, documentation preparation, internal auditing and providing necessary help with active participation till accreditation of the system. With final re-assessment audit was taken on 15^th October, 2017, GMG has successfully completed this ISO 17025 Consultancy project for GSP Crop Science.

GMG has helped in 4 – tier documentation preparation like ISO 17025 manual, NABL procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, Work instructions, Test report templates, audit checklists etc as part of consultancy. During this project, Global Manager Group has helped GSP Crop Science to understand all requirement of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Certification.

About GSP Crop Science Private Ltd

GSP Crop Science Private Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturer and exporter Pesticide Technical as well its formulations including Seed Treatment Chemicals. GSP continuously develops and introduces newly off patented A.I’s as well formulations to meet the requirements of the farmers/customers with their utmost satisfaction. GSP Crop Science Private Ltd. have a diversified group of talented people who discovers, develops, manufacture and market wide range crop protection products.

Al Bader Calibration Center has Successfully Completed ISO 17025 Accreditation Audit from US accreditation body with Help of Global Manager Group.

Al Bader Calibration Center (Formerly known as Calibration division of Doha Technical Laboratories) is only laboratory in the Qatar, which is engaged in calibration of gauges for Density and moisture standard related parameter. The same facility was accredited under for limited scope of density gauge in old name for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 on January 2012. Considering the need of calibration in the Qatar, the laboratory has given accreditation project to Global Manager Group for setting-up fully fledged calibration laboratory to fulfill the needs of the customers. GMG has exercised on all aspects of the calibration and accepted the challenge to make laboratory operational along-with the accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for all the discipline of the calibration within a span of 9 month. Al Bader Calibration Center has successfully completed ISO 17025 accreditation audit from US accreditation body with help of Global Manager Group.

Today laboratory had been recommended for the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in majority of the disciplines of calibration such as Density and standard, Mechanical, Pressure, Mass, Volume, Force, Acoustic, RPM, Thermal, Time, Chemical, Electrometric etc. With this ISO 17025 accreditation, Al Bader Calibration Center becomes the first laboratory in Qatar having facility for calibration of all types of equipments and specialized equipments like PH meter, conductivity meter, sieves.

Global Manager Group has completed ISO 17025 consultancy project right from establishment till its journey to the accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 system in the Laboratory with in the period of 9 months. Following are the steps GMG follows while ISO 17025 certification of Al Bader Calibration Center:

• Identification of area for the calibration standard room and designing of the standard room considering the accommodation and environment condition as per the requirements of calibration.
• Preparation of disciplines and types of instruments to be covered under the scope of accreditation.
• Selection of master equipments (Reference standards) for calibration of the equipments covered for calibration and field of calibration.
• Identification of suppliers of reference standards, collection of quotes, quotation comparison of best source of reference standards.
• Issuing purchase orders for the reference standards in consultation with the Laboratory.
• Selection of calibration agency for reference standards and calibration of reference standards having better CMC.
• Receipt and arrangement of reference standards in the laboratory at the identified locations.
• Exhaustive training on calibration to each employee as per the relevant standards of calibration.
• 10 day training at India for practical training and demonstration of each calibration under supervision at ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration laboratory, to develop the skill in the calibration to the laboratory employees.
• Preparation of documents of ISO/IEC 17025 like, iso 17025 manual, Quality Procedures Standard Operation Procedures, Calibration Methods, Work Sheet, Test repost etc.
• Providing detail technical documents like calibration observation report, calibration certificate, measurement uncertainty software, providing calibration methods etc.
• Training to all level of employees with active participation.
• Conducting internal audit for checklist competence of the laboratory after implementation.
• Conducting management review for ensuring effective implementation.

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ISO 17025 Accreditation Scope Expansion Audit at DTL Qatar

Global Manager Group has successfully completed ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation scope expansion audit for Doha Technical Laboratories, one of the leading laboratories in Qatar engaged in the testing of soil, materials. The laboratory is already accredited for approx 150 parameters with the help of Global manager Group, few years back. Mean time laboratory had expanded its facility for testing in asphalt section as per the need of the country and had increased facility for testing of asphalt and PMB (Polymer Modified Bitumen) and invested huge amount in testing of all kinds related to road construction. Laboratory has procured sophisticated and state of art technological as well as advanced and well automated equipments for testing of all parameters related to asphalt such as Kinematic Viscosity of Asphalts (Bitumen), Viscosity of Asphalts, Viscosity Determination of Asphalt at Elevated Temperatures, Flexural Creep Stiffness of Asphalt Binder Rheometer (BBR), Settlement and Storage Stability of Emulsified Asphalts, Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binder, Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery (MSCR) of Asphalt Binder, Measuring the Longitudinal Profile of Traveled Surfaces, Simulating Vehicular Response to Longitudinal Profiles of Traveled Surfaces, Computing International Roughness Index of Roads, measurement of slip/skid resistance of a surface etc.

ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation scope expansion audit ad DTL, QATAR

This time, Global Manager Group has done in???depth study for all such testing parameters and prepared detail system for implementation for all such new parameters accreditation. All such tests are done as per BS / ASTM / AASHTO / APHA and other international standard. With the help of Global Manager Group, the Laboratory has been recommended for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for all such prestigious parameters alongwith the massive scope in other materials also and become the leading laboratory in Qatar and the consultancy project was completed in 8 months time. Now the laboratory is considered as highest parameters under the scope of accreditation within state of Qatar.?? Global Manager Group has implemented ISO / IEC 17025:2005 system in the Laboratory by training employees of all level, preparation of documentation, implementation, and providing necessary help till accreditation of the system. GMG is associated with the organization since last 5 years and helped for identification of gap analysis and suggesting the equipments / critical consumables to fulfil the test standard requirements. Required support in routine maintenance of system and system up gradation is provided.

Mr. Devang Jhaveri and Staff involved in internal auditing at Doha Technical Lab, Qatar

During the implementation of ISO / IEC 17025:2005 followings steps were implemented;

• Gap analysis against the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025, test standards, equipment requirements,
• Preparing and Updating of documents for ISO/IEC 17025 like, Quality Manual, Quality Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, Work sheets, Test report template, etc.
• Training to all levels of employees with active participation,
• Conducting internal audit for checking competence of the laboratory after implementation,
• Conducting management review for ensuring effective implementation.

About Doha Technical Laboratories

Doha Technical Laboratories is one of the leading laboratory in the Qatar engaged in the testing of soil, materials testing (Such as geo???technical investigation, soil, aggregate, concrete, cement, asphalt, bitumen, road marking, steel, polymer modified bituminous pavement, chemical test for soil, aggregate, concrete, cement, water etc.). The ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory has accreditation scope of more than 150 testing parameters.

About Global Manager Group

Global Manager Group is leading ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation consultant with more than 22 year of experience in ISO certification consultancy. GMG has helped to achieve many laboratories and refineries in Middle East for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. They have many clients in GCC including Saudi ARAMCO, Yanbu Refinery, Gulf Laboratory, Buzwair, NAP Laboratory, Riyadh Refinery, Al-Hoti, Ministry of Works (Bahrain), Q Chem., Gulf Lab LLC, International Laboratory, Doha Technical Lab, Qatar Engineering Lab, Qatar Industrial Lab, Doha technical lab, Al Jazeera lab etc.?? Global Manager is a leading ISO consultancy company having clients for consultancy on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22000, ISO 17025, ISO 17020, ISO 17024, ISO 27001, SA 8000, RC 14001, SEI-CMMI, NABH hospital accreditation, ISO 20000, Ce mark, PED and many more certification and having reputation globally for 1800 successful clients in 35 countries.