Laboratory Accreditation
activities are administered under the direction of the Board for National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)
by involving Technical Committees and Evaluation Panels as the recommending bodies. NABL system is based on the ISO/IEC 17011 :2004 for Accreditation Bodies,ISO/ IEC 17025:2005 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” for laboratories.
The work in Forensic Science Laboratories being interdisciplinary in nature, there is a need to develop and supplement the “General Criteria for Laboratory Accreditation” for the purpose of accrediting Forensic Science Laboratories. The document “Specific Criteria for Accreditation of Forensic Science Laboratories” has been evolved by a Technical Committee specifically constituted for the purpose. It supplements the document ISO/ IEC 17025:2005 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” and provides specific guidance on the accreditation of Forensic Science Laboratories for assessors as well as the laboratories who are preparing for accreditation. This Specific Criteria is in compliance with ISO/ IEC 17025:2005.
by involving Technical Committees and Evaluation Panels as the recommending bodies. NABL system is based on the ISO/IEC 17011 :2004 for Accreditation Bodies,ISO/ IEC 17025:2005 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” for laboratories.
The work in Forensic Science Laboratories being interdisciplinary in nature, there is a need to develop and supplement the “General Criteria for Laboratory Accreditation” for the purpose of accrediting Forensic Science Laboratories. The document “Specific Criteria for Accreditation of Forensic Science Laboratories” has been evolved by a Technical Committee specifically constituted for the purpose. It supplements the document ISO/ IEC 17025:2005 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” and provides specific guidance on the accreditation of Forensic Science Laboratories for assessors as well as the laboratories who are preparing for accreditation. This Specific Criteria is in compliance with ISO/ IEC 17025:2005.
NABL has adopted the following four objectives which define the purpose and nature of the
programme:
- To improve the quality of laboratory services provided
to criminal justice system.
- To develop and maintain criteria which can be used by a
laboratory to assess its level.
of performance and to strengthen its operations. - To provide an independent, impartial and objective
system by which laboratories can be benefited through a total operational review.
- To offer to the general public and users of the
laboratory services a means of identifying those laboratories which have demonstrated that they meet
established
standards.
The information
contained in this document must be read alongwith the document ISO/ IEC 17025:2005
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