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ISO 17025

ISO/IEC 17025 sets the requirements for the competence, impartiality, and consistent operation of testing and calibration laboratories. The current edition is ISO/IEC 17025:2017, published November 29, 2017; the previous edition was withdrawn after a three-year transition that ended in late 2020.

Laboratories are not certified but accredited: an accreditation body assesses the lab's technical competence for a defined scope of tests or calibrations and lists that scope publicly.

Accreditation under a body that is a signatory to the international mutual recognition arrangement (now operated by Global ACI, formed when ILAC and IAF merged on January 1, 2026) means results are accepted across borders.

In writing, the standard expects a description of the management system (either built on ISO 9001 principles or a certified ISO 9001 system), impartiality and confidentiality commitments, personnel competence and authorization records, method validation and verification records, measurement uncertainty evaluations, equipment calibration and traceability records, sampling and handling procedures, quality control and proficiency testing participation, procedures for nonconforming work, complaints, corrective actions, internal audits, and management reviews.

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Who has to comply

Voluntary in principle, but mandated by many regulators and customers: environmental and drinking water testing (state and EPA programs), forensic laboratories, calibration suppliers to regulated manufacturers, product safety testing for certification marks, and laboratories supplying data to FDA, defense, or automotive customers.

Many contracts and regulations simply require accredited results.

What the assessor asks to see

Application scope with tests, methods, and measurement ranges; management system documentation and impartiality risk analysis; organization and personnel competence, authorization, and training records; facilities and environmental condition monitoring; equipment inventory, calibration certificates, and metrological traceability; method selection, validation, and verification records; measurement uncertainty budgets; sampling plans and sample handling records; technical records and reports for selected jobs; proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparison results; quality control data and control charts; nonconforming work, complaints, and corrective action records; internal audit and management review records; witnessed performance of tests or calibrations during the assessment.

Where the requirement sits: 8.2, 8.3 management system documentation and document control; 8.4 records; 6.2 personnel

Global ACI and the MRA

On January 1, 2026 the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) merged into Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI), which now operates a single mutual recognition arrangement covering laboratory accreditation as well as management system and product certification.

Existing recognitions carried over, so an accreditation from any former ILAC MRA signatory keeps its international standing. Expect certificate wording and logos to change over time.

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Assessors

Who assesses ISO 17025

Accreditation bodies themselves (not certification bodies), using lead assessors plus technical assessors expert in the lab's disciplines. In the US the main general-purpose bodies are A2LA, ANAB, PJLA, and NIST's NVLAP for specific programs.

Accredited by Peer evaluation among accreditation bodies under the Global ACI mutual recognition arrangement (formerly the ILAC MRA); accreditation bodies are assessed against ISO/IEC 17011.

Public register of assessors: https://ilac.org/signatory-search/

A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation)On the public register
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ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board)On the public register
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Consultants

Who helps with ISO 17025

A specialist consultant ecosystem exists, often former assessors and laboratory quality managers. Consultants run gap analyses, write the management system and technical procedures, help with method validation and measurement uncertainty, set up proficiency testing, run internal audits, and prepare the scope application and assessment.

Engagements often run six to twelve months because technical records take time to accumulate.

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ArchlightMinneapolis, MN, USANot yet verified
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Control and FunctionDenver, CO, USANot yet verified
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Coral EsecureNew Jersey, USANot yet verified
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CycoreMiami, FL, USANot yet verified
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Genius GRCWoodstock, GA, USANot yet verified
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IllumenPacific Northwest, USANot yet verified
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Neutral PartnersMiami, FL, USANot yet verified
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Securis360Pittsburgh, PA, USANot yet verified
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Soter AdvisoryUSANot yet verified
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TestprosReston, VA, USANot yet verified
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TrustedCISORemote, USANot yet verified
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Tools for ISO 17025

Tools that name this framework in their own material.

AllyMatter Publisher of this sitePolicy management tool, the policy and acknowledgment layerDiligent Policy ManagerGRC suite (policy module)DrataSecurity-compliance automationHyperproofSecurity-compliance automationMasterControlRegulated EQMS (doc control)Qualtrax (Ideagen)Regulated EQMS (doc control)VantaSecurity-compliance automationISMS.onlineCompliance management platformcSquare GRCCompliance management platformHighTableISO 27001 toolkit and consultant editionQT9 QMSQuality management softwareCAQ.NetQuality management softwareProActive QMSQuality management softwareFast TQM SoftwareQuality management softwareTLM SoftwareQuality management softwareErambaOpen-source GRC platformOpenlaneOpen-source compliance automation platformCISO AssistantOpen-source GRC platformComplaicaCompliance management software

Related reading

  1. Preparing for an ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation assessmentWalks through what technical assessors examine on site: records sampling, equipment logs, witnessed testing and staff interviews.Lab Manager
  2. Eurachem guides on method validation, traceability and measurement uncertaintyFree technical guides covering the measurement competence clauses that assessors probe hardest, written by analytical chemists.Eurachem

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Sources

A2LA: ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17011 updateANAB: ISO/IEC 17025 accreditationILAC MRA signatory searchIAF: Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated launch

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