Testing Laboratory (all programs)
SCC Accreditation Services Bulletin #2020-28 – ISO/IEC 17025 Transition – Amendment #1 to SCC Bulletin Number 2017-36
Action required
Accredited laboratories are asked to take note of the extension of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 transition deadline to June 1, 2021. The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) has issued this extension to ensure all laboratories are able to complete the transition under the restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SCC Accreditation Services Bulletin #2020-22 - Revised Edition of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories - ERRATA
Action required
Applicant and accredited laboratories that are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the current version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories.
SCC Accreditation Services Bulletin #2020-06 - Revised Edition of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories
Action required
Applicant and accredited laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories.
Affected customers
All testing and calibration laboratory customers and assessors
Revised Edition of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories
Action required
Applicant and Accredited Laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories.
Affected customers
All testing and calibration laboratory customers and assessors
French Translation Error in ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Action required
Noting the issue described below
Affected customers
All testing and calibration laboratory customers and assessors
Background
It has come to SCC’s attention that there is an error in the French edition of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. For clause 7.7.1, the English version of the standard reads:
SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025:2017)
This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance.
This document covers all accredited testing laboratories, including those labs under the following PSAs:
ISO/IEC 17025 Transition – Collaboration between SCC, CALA, BNQ and NRC-CLAS to establish a Canadian harmonized approach for the transition of accredited laboratories in Canada
Action required
- All accredited labs should purchase a copy of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
- All accredited labs should review their existing quality system against the new standard, and prepare for their first assessment to the new standard based on the schedule laid out below.
Affected customers
Accreditation Services - Bulletin 2017-27
ISO/IEC 17025 Transition – Collaboration between SCC, CALA, BNQ and NRC-CLAS to establish a Canadian harmonized approach for the transition of accredited laboratories in Canada
Action required
None for now but consideration should be given to preparing a transition plan to the revised standard which will be required of all ISO/IEC 17025 customers of SCC and those of its partners, Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and National Research Council Calibration Laboratory Assessment Services (NRC-CLAS).