TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 entitled, "General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories"
 

TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 is applicable to all organizations performing tests and/or calibrations. These include first-, second- and third-party laboratories, and laboratories where testing and/or calibration forms part of the inspection and product certification.
 

TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 is applicable to all laboratories regardless of the number of personnel or the extent of the scope of testing and/or calibration activities.
 

Covers testing and calibrations performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory developed methods.
 

TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 is for use by laboratories in developing their management systems for quality, administrative and technical operations. The standard is organized into the following clauses:
 

• Organization
• Management System
• Document Control
• Requests, Tenders and Contracts
• Subcontracting
• Purchasing
• Complaints
• Improvement
• Corrective and Preventative Action
• Control of Records
• Internal Audits and Management Reviews
• Methods and validation
• Measurement of Uncertainty
• Equipment, Calibration and Measurement Traceability
• Testing
• Reference Standards and Materials
• Sampling
• Reporting of Results
• Opinions and Interpretations