ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration is a compliance framework from International with 4 domains and 74 controls that map to 183 other frameworks. The largest domains are General requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (35 controls), Process requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (21 controls), Management system requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (12 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (4)
General requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ISO-17025-4.1 | Impartiality |
| ISO-17025-4.2 | Confidentiality |
| ISO-17025-5.1 | Legal entity |
| ISO-17025-5.2 | Management structure |
| ISO-17025-5.3 | Range of laboratory activities |
| ISO-17025-5.4 | Personnel for the management system |
| ISO-17025-5.5 | Independence of quality functions |
| ISO-17025-6.1 | General |
| ISO-17025-6.2 | Personnel |
| ISO-17025-6.3 | Facilities and environmental conditions |
| ISO-17025-6.4 | Equipment |
| ISO-17025-6.5 | Metrological traceability |
| ISO-17025-6.6 | Externally provided products and services |
| ISO-17025-7.1 | Review of requests, tenders and contracts |
| ISO-17025-7.10 | Nonconforming work |
| ISO-17025-7.11 | Control of data and information management |
| ISO-17025-7.2 | Selection, verification and validation of methods |
| ISO-17025-7.3 | Sampling |
| ISO-17025-7.4 | Handling of test or calibration items |
| ISO-17025-7.5 | Technical records |
| ISO-17025-7.6 | Evaluation of measurement uncertainty |
| ISO-17025-7.7 | Ensuring the validity of results |
| ISO-17025-7.8 | Reporting of results |
| ISO-17025-7.9 | Complaints |
| ISO-17025-8.1 | Options |
| ISO-17025-8.2 | Management system documentation |
| ISO-17025-8.3 | Control of management system documents |
| ISO-17025-8.4 | Control of records |
| ISO-17025-8.5 | Actions to address risks and opportunities |
| ISO-17025-8.6 | Improvement |
| ISO-17025-8.7 | Corrective actions |
| ISO-17025-8.8 | Internal audits |
| ISO-17025-8.9 | Management reviews |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::4.1 | Impartiality |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::4.2 | Confidentiality |
Management system requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
Process requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
Resource requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.1 | General |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.2 | Personnel |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.3 | Facilities and environmental conditions |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.4 | Equipment |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.5 | Metrological traceability |
| iso-iec-17025-2017-general-requirements-for-testing-and-calibration::6.6 | Externally provided products and services |
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration, you already cover:
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
24%
18 controls mapped
Compare →ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
20%
15 controls mapped
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15%
11 controls mapped
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What is ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration and who does it apply to?
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration is a compliance framework from International with 4 domains and 74 controls. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration actually require?
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration has 74 controls organised across 4 domains. The largest domains are General requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (35 controls), Process requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (21 controls), Management system requirements – ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration (12 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration do I already cover?
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration maps to 183 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - General Requirements for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (24% coverage), ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (20% coverage), ISO 31000:2018 (15% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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