Does ISO/IEC 17025 supersede ANSI/NCSL Z540

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Hershal

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Roder,

No, ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 has not been retired. It is still active and is undergoing revision to align it more with ISO/IEC 17025:1999 and ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025:2000.

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one important difference, plus others

There are some important differences and some less important ones. Taking the most important one first:
  • Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 includes the requirement for verifying the organization's technical competence to perform the work listed in the scope. That is why the accrediting bodies require paricipation in proficiency testing and other interlaboratory comparisons.
  • ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 does not have the technical competence requirements.
The other differences are:
  • Both standards describe quality management systems for calibration laboratories, and 17025 can also apply to testing laboratories.
  • There is a system of third-party accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. Within the limits of applicable international agreements, the accreditations are accepted worldwide.
  • There is no system of accreditation or registration to ANSI/NCSL Z540-1. Some accrediting bodies may add it to a 17025 accreditation at the organization's request. Some organizations self-declare conformity, and of course any organization can choose to audit their suppliers to it.
  • ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 Part II (sections 17 & 18) includes, nearly word-for-word, all of the requirements of the old (obsolete and canceled) MIL-STD-45662A.
Another consideration is that in their current editions, neither standard can be used by themselves for registration to ISO 9001:2000.
 

DietCokeofEvil

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Re: Does ISO/IEC 17025 supercede ANSI/NCSL Z540

This is a very confusing issue to me.

A few years ago, someone from the ANSI organization told me in writing that the Z540.1 was superceded by the Z540.3.

Yet, our AB says no- Z540.3 is a completely different set of requirement:

There is some misunderstanding in the industry regarding this standard. The Z540.3 is NOT simply a newer revision of the Z540.1, it is a whole different set of requirements. Specifically relating to a 17025 accredited calibration lab, there is only paragraph 5.3 of the Z540.3. The rest of the standard applies to the customer (end user) of the data we would provide. Most customers are unaware that the Z540.3 actually requires them to perform additional work / analysis of the requirements provided this standard. Note that paragraph 5.3 states ?Calibration-servicing components may be considered competent to provide calibration services when they have been accredited to meet ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025?, which of course is what we are accredited to.


We still reference and use Z540.1 on certifications and treat it as a valid document.
 
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