Lab Certification & Accreditations

Lab Certification & Accreditation Guides

Relevant and valuable resources covering the numerous laboratory certification, accreditation, and waivers available to labs looking to comply with ISO standards and improve quality management.

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What is ISO Certification & How to Get Certified

What is ISO Certification & How to Get Certified

What Is ISO Certification? The International Standards Organization (ISO) is a nongovernmental organization created by a group of delegates from 26 countries to develop international standards that bu…
What is ISO/IEC 17065? Overview on the Accreditation

What is ISO/IEC 17065? Overview on the Accreditation

Conformity Assessment: Requirements for Certification Bodies Certifying Products, Processes, & Services ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical…
Joint Commission International Accreditation Overview & Benefits

Joint Commission International Accreditation Overview & Benefits

What is the Joint Commission International (JCI)?  The Joint Commission International (JCI) is a non-profit, U.S-based, international accreditation organization that certifies healthcare companie…
CLIA Waivers: A Quick Guide to CLIA Certification & Waivers

CLIA Waivers: A Quick Guide to CLIA Certification & Waivers

What is a CLIA Certificate of Waiver? Did you know there are a total of 260,000 laboratory entities that are CLIA certified in the U.S? CLIA, an acronym for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments,…
The Quick & Essential Guide to CAP Accreditations

The Quick & Essential Guide to CAP Accreditations

What’s the Relation Between CAP & CLIA? When labs are in compliance with CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), it is validated with a CLIA certificate. After becoming CLIA-certified, …
ISO 17034: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ISO 17034: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ISO 17034:2016 General Requirement for the Competence of Reference Material Producers As a laboratory scientist or researcher, you often work with reference materials for method calibration, validatio…
GMP vs. GLP: What’s the Difference?

GMP vs. GLP: What’s the Difference?

Laboratory Testing Regulations: GMP vs. GLP Do you ask yourself before consuming any packaged food or medicine if they are safe for your health? As the average consumer, we might not always question t…
ISO 15189 Accreditation: Overview & How to Obtain

ISO 15189 Accreditation: Overview & How to Obtain

What is the ISO 15189 Accreditation? International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 is an international standard for medical laboratories that is closely based on ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 900…
ISO 17025 Accreditation: Overview & Benefits

ISO 17025 Accreditation: Overview & Benefits

What is an ISO 17025 Accreditation? In 1999, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed and issued ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibra…
Overview of ISO 13485 Quality Management System

Overview of ISO 13485 Quality Management System

Unscalable and unreliable medical devices can heavily impact work in medical areas, which can affect public health. To mitigate the inherent risks in some medical tools and equipment, there needs to b…

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