ISO/IEC 17025 – Applicability, Use and Summary of Requirements

• By: Staff Editor
• Date: September 01, 2011

The ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories - is an international standard that applies to laboratories. It specifies the general requirements for the competence required in a laboratory to carry out tests and/or calibrations, including sampling. It covers testing and calibration performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory-developed methods.

This article describes the applicability and use of this standard and summarizes its requirements.