ISO 17025:2017 Audit Checklist for Laboratory Accreditation System Requirements

ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is globally used ISO standard in calibration and testing laboratories. The ISO 17025:2017 audit checklist is document, required to verify laboratory accreditation system while ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certification in testing and calibration laboratory. Organization implements laboratory Management System to achieve scope of testing or calibration instruments. To achieve ISO 17025:2017 Certification easily, any organization need to compete ISO 17025 audit taken by ISO certifying body. ISO 17025 checklist is globally verified ISO documents for quick ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. ISO 17025:2017 audit questions asked by internal auditor as well as external auditors will decide scope of the accreditation. ISO 17025 checklist guides user to check weather implemented laboratory system fulfils ISO 17025:2017 requirements or not. ISO 17025 audit checklist, documents confirming all the requirements of ISO 17025:2017 standard helps organization to achieve accreditation in quick time. The ISO 17025 checklists with more than 200 audit questions designed for department wise as well as clause wise requirements of the ISO 17025 standard.

Content of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Audit Checklists

ISO 17025:2017 audit checklist covers audit questions based on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements for each department of the testing and calibration laboratories as given below. ISO 17025 checklists is considered as very good tool for the auditors to make audit questionnaire while ISO 17025 internal auditing to verify effectiveness of implemented laboratory management system. Total more than 200 internal ISO 17025 audit questions are prepared based on ISO 17025:2017 standard.

This ISO 17025 audit checklist document covers two types of audit questionnaires which is useful to any organisation.

Part- A: Department wise ISO 17025:2017 Audit Checklist:

It covers ready reference audit questions for ISO 17025 auditing in following departments.

• Organization
• Quality system
• Document control
• Review of request, tenders and contracts
• Sub contracting of testing
• Purchasing services and supplies
• Service to the customer
• Complaints
• Control of non conforming testing work
• Improvement
• Corrective action
• Preventive actions
• Control of records
• Internal audits
• Management review
• General
• Personnel
• Accommodation and environmental condition
• Testing methods and method validation
• Equipment
• Measurement traceability
• Sampling
• Handling of test items
• Assuring quality of test results
• Reporting the results

Part - B: Clause wise ISO 17025:2017 Audit Checklist:

It covers ISO 17025:2017 audit questions related to clause wise requirements of ISO 17025:2017 standard.