An analysis of the changes in the 2017 version of ISO 17025 and INACAL directives and its efect on peruvian accredited laboratories

Abstract

This paper reviews the requirements of the new versión of the standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, which has been totally adopted as the Peruvian technical standard NTP-ISO/IEC 17025:2017, “Requisitos generales para la competencia de los laboratorios de ensayo y calibración” and relates these requirements to the directives issued by the Peruvian National Institute of Quality (INACAL), as some of them make some requirements more demanding and/or more precise, and clear, for their application by INACAL accredited laboratories. This paper aims at being a quick guide for helping in the implementation of NTP-ISO/IEC 17025:2017, keeping in mind, at the same time, the directives of INACAL for accreditation of laboratories.