This course provides guidance for development and implementation of a credible quality assurance program, plus it also provides chemists and chemical researchers, and all scientists and managers the ideal means to ensure accurate and reliable work reference to ISO 17025; 2017.

The course is of interest for all Laboratory staff, Chemists and technicians, specially who work with quality control and assurance.

• Introduction
• Chemistry Historical and review
• Basic Principal and theory
• Atoms
  • Atomic Structure
  • The proton, electron and neutron
  • Atomic wight (mass)
  • Relative Atomic wight (mass)
• Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025
• History, terms and definitions
• Analytical Measurement
• Quality control and assessment
• Overview of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Requirements

Mean structure of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 

• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• General requirements
• Structural requirements
• Resource requirements
  • Personnel
  • Facilities and environmental conditions
  • Equipment & Metrological traceability
  • Externally provided products and services
• Process requirements
  • Review of requests, tenders and contracts
  • Selection, verification and validation of methods
  • Sampling & Handling of test or calibration items
  • Technical records
  • Evaluation of measurement uncertainty
  • Ensuring the validity of results
  • Reporting of results

• Complaints & Nonconforming work
• Control of data and information management
• Management system requirements
  • Management system documentation
  • Control of management system documents
  • Control of records
  • Actions to address risks and opportunities
  • Improvement
  • Corrective actions

Application about ISO 17025 requirements

• Evaluation of analytical data
• Errors in Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• Method development and validation
• Reputability, Reducibility and mean of replicate
• Detection Limit
• Uncertainty measurement
• Control Chart
• Application for Data Evaluation
• Practical exercises for Inter-Laboratory Performance test
• Practical exercises for Uncertainty & Control Chart
  • Calculation for Uncertainty
  • Used Excel Function for Uncertainty
  • Drawing Control Chart by Excel

Steps for implementation ISO 17025 accreditation in your Lab

• Gap Analysis Implementation
• Training
• Documentation of QMS & Implementation of it
• Conducting one cycle of QMS Internal Audit
• List of non-conformities
• Provide guidance for initiating corrective action
• Provide guidance for conducting Management Review
• Application & Contract with the accreditation body
• Nomination and commissioning of assessors.
• Technical audit of the application documents.
• On-site laboratory assessment.
• If necessary, proficiency testing.
• Assessment report.
• Inspection of the report in the sectoral committee.
• Accreditation decision.

Internal audits reference to ISO 17025:2017 & ISO 19011 

• Principles of auditing
• Types of audits
• Why auditing for management system
• System audits reference to ISO 19011
• Competence person managing audit program
• Roles and responsibilities of person managing the audit program
• Management of Audit Programs
• Audit Planning and Preparation
• Performing the Audit
  • Conducting open meeting
  • Establishing audit programme objectives
  • Determining and evaluating audit programme risks and opportunities
  • Establishing the audit programme
  • Implementing audit programme
  • ISO 17025:2017 Audit Checklist
  • Conformity & Non-Conformity work
  • Reviewing and improving audit programme
  • Generating audit findings
  • Determining audit conclusions
  • Conducting closing meeting
  • Preparing and distributing audit report
  • Management reviews

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.