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Would love some opinions and/or interpretations to ISO/IEC 17025 Section 5.4.1
"NOTE International, regional or national standards or other recognized specifications that contain sufficient and concise information on how to perform the tests and/or calibrations do not need to be supplemented or rewritten as internal procedures if these standards are written in a way that they can be used as published by the operating staff in a laboratory. It may be necessary to provide additional documentation for optional steps in the method or additional details."
I would venture to say that ASTM, NIST, etc. would be included in the type of procedures that DO NOT require supplementation or rewritten as internal procedures.
What about GIDEP based procedures? I have been told different viewpoints by different auditors, but I love a good discussion.
I have some history with this and will be glad to share how I have worked with this in the past, if anyone is interested.
"NOTE International, regional or national standards or other recognized specifications that contain sufficient and concise information on how to perform the tests and/or calibrations do not need to be supplemented or rewritten as internal procedures if these standards are written in a way that they can be used as published by the operating staff in a laboratory. It may be necessary to provide additional documentation for optional steps in the method or additional details."
I would venture to say that ASTM, NIST, etc. would be included in the type of procedures that DO NOT require supplementation or rewritten as internal procedures.
What about GIDEP based procedures? I have been told different viewpoints by different auditors, but I love a good discussion.
I have some history with this and will be glad to share how I have worked with this in the past, if anyone is interested.