The Advantages of Adopting the ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 Lab Management System in Calibration and Testing Laboratories

Abstract

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards for testing and calibration laboratories are known as ISO/IEC17025:2017, which is the standard for laboratory certification. The testing laboratory's accreditation, the methods of execution, and the tangible advantages of working with such an organization. This study examined the advantages of ISO/IEC17025:2017 implementation in Chengalpat region's calibration and testing laboratories using a descriptive research design. The advantages of putting ISO/IEC 17025:2017 into practice are the main variable in the current study. The investigator utilized a method called purposive sampling. This research is based on a survey with 180 responses. After the data was gathered, analysis was done using SPSS 20. It has been found that to implement best practices and believe in the benefits, Top Management must fully understand the advantages of enacting the ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 Lab Management System, task and lab managers must fully understand the Lab Management System ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 implementation, the management tools for the Calibration and Testing Labs, the infrastructure that is being developed for the Labs, teams must collaborate, and accountability is linked to the Labs.