Australian Accreditation and Certification Services

The current transition of interest to all test laboratories and calibration laboratories is ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The transition period was three years from date of publication which puts the deadline at November 2020. 

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AACS is fully conversant in the new Standard and is actively assisting laboratories to transition through a three stage process:

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Stage 1: Perform an off-site review of the laboratory's current procedures manuals and management policies, including terms and conditions.

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Stage 2: Attend on-site to perform a gap analysis audit of the laboratory using ISO/IEC 17025:2017 as the measure. This is different to a normal internal audit because we are focused on the Standard rather than assessing implementation of the lab's own documented procedures. We produce a detailed report that identifies compliance and any opportunities for improvement.

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Stage 3: Where opportunities for improvement are identified we will assist management to coordinate the best solution, combining practicality with conformity.