ISO/IEC 17025 is the main standard used by testing and calibration laboratories. Originally known as ISO/IEC Guide 25, ISO/IEC 17025 was initially issued by the International Organization for Standardization in 1999.

There are many commonalities with the ISO 9001 standard, but ISO/IEC 17025 adds in the concept of competence to the equation. It applies directly to those organizations that produce testing and calibration results. Since its initial release, a second release was made in 2005 after it was agreed that it needed to have its quality system wordings more closely aligned with the 2000 version of ISO 9001.

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