The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) is the largest multi-disciplinary accreditation body in the western hemisphere, with more than 2,500 organizations accredited in approximately 80 countries.

ANAB’s accreditation portfolio includes ISO/IEC 17021-1 management systems certification bodies, ISO/IEC 17025 calibration and testing laboratories and forensic laboratories, ISO/IEC 17065 product certification bodies, ISO/IEC 17020 inspection bodies and forensic agencies, ISO 14065 greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies, ISO 17034 reference material producers, ISO/IEC 17043 proficiency test providers, ISO/IEC 17024 personnel credentialing organizations, and ASTM 2659 certificate accreditation programs. ANAB also provides training on topics related to accreditation standards and conformity assessment.

ANAB, which serves a non-profit mission, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANAB has comprehensive signatory status across multilateral recognition arrangements of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

ANAB helps industry and facilitates trade by providing accreditation and training and serving as architects for the conformity assessment structure of industry-specific programs. 

ANAB Accreditation

ANAB provides accreditation based on ISO standards and industry requirements for:

Management Systems Certification Bodies

Calibration and Testing Laboratories

Inspection Bodies

Product Certification Bodies

Forensic Service Providers

Validation and Verification Bodies

Proficiency Testing Providers

Reference Material Producers

Credentialing Programs

ANAB is a signatory of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) multilateral recognition arrangements.

Benefits of Accreditation

ANAB Obligations and Expectations

ANAB Training

With the knowledge amounted through decades of direct experience with assessments, granting and suspending accreditation, and development of policies for implementing standards, ANAB offers accreditation-related training for individuals and organizations. ANAB training courses can help fortify attendees' understanding of lab-related, product certification, forensics, management systems, and credentialing topics.

In response to global shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ANAB offers many live online training courses that are instructor-led. For those who want to learn at their own pace, ANAB also offers self-paced online training and a number of free webinars and webcasts.

All upcoming courses are listed on the ANAB training course schedule.

ANAB Mission, Quality Policy, and Quality Objectives

The mission of ANAB is to be a leader in guiding the international development of accreditation processes that build confidence and value for stakeholders worldwide and providing high quality and reliable accreditation services with the most professional value-added services for customers and end users.

ANAB:

  • Is committed to being a value-added, competent, and cost-effective provider of accreditation of conformity assessment services to national and international standards with the highest integrity and in a timely manner.
  • Will advance international acceptance of conformity assessment by maintaining mutual recognition arrangements.
  • Will provide its customers the best accreditation and assessment services possible while helping its customers and other interested parties focus on achieving and providing value.
  • Will provide its employees a satisfying work environment that encourages teamwork and high performance.

ANAB judges its quality policy is met by:

  • Continually improving customer satisfaction.
  • Establishing metrics to improve service to customers and operational performance.
  • Maintaining rigorous, independent, impartial, and transparent processes.
  • Planning and developing new programs and services that help our customers be responsive to market demands.
  • Ensuring effective and timely communication to customers and other interested parties.
  • Signing appropriate mutual recognition arrangements.
  • Participating and providing appropriate leadership in national, international, and industry forums.
  • Respecting our personnel and having confidence they will deliver services that meet or exceed customer expectations; providing a safe, open team working environment, equal opportunity commensurate with demonstrated abilities and performance, and competitive compensation; and encouraging personal and professional growth consistent with organizational goals.
  • Providing effective strategic, operational, and financial stewardship to ensure the health of the organization.

ANAB Timeline

World Accreditation Day

Celebrated annually on June 9 to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation activities, World Accreditation Day was established jointly by the International Accreditation Forum and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation. The theme of the 2022 World Accreditation Day is “Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment.”

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