ISO 17025:2017 – Laboratory Management System is the internationally recognized standard for testing and calibration laboratories, ensuring their competence, impartiality, and consistency in delivering accurate results. This standard establishes a framework for laboratories to implement quality management practices, technical competence and reliable testing methodologies to enhance credibility and regulatory compliance.
ISO 17025:2017 covers key aspects such as risk-based thinking, process improvement, personnel competence, equipment calibration and result traceability, ensuring that laboratories produce valid and reproducible outcomes. By achieving ISO 17025:2017 certification, laboratories can demonstrate technical proficiency, improve efficiency, gain global recognition and build trust with customers and regulatory bodies.
The standard applies to a wide range of industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food testing, environmental science and manufacturing, where precise testing and calibration are critical. At Intellectual Ideas Consulting and Training, we provide expert guidance in ISO 17025:2017 implementation, offering gap analysis, documentation support, personnel training, internal audits and certification assistance to help laboratories achieve excellence and compliance with international standards.
ISO 17025:2017 is built on key principles that help laboratories maintain quality, consistency and credibility: