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ISO CASCO Working Group 30 has been formed and has held several meetings to discuss revisions to ISO/IEC 17024:2012. In the course of these discussions several key issues have been identified and the users and interested parties in ISO/IEC 17024 will be well served with information and background about them. In the current ISO standards development…

Organizations generate and retain a variety of records during day-to-day operations and as a part of their management system. Records related to measurements, internal audits, customer complaints, process improvements, personnel competence, and many others provide objective evidence of the activities performed and are often used in internal audits and external assessments to demonstrate conformance to…

On March 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to establish the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary label that would provide consumers information regarding the cybersecurity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. While the program is still under development, three elements are clear: This webinar will review each of these elements, how they’re utilized by…

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 clause 7.2.1.3 underscores the importance of using the latest valid method version. Learn how to supplement methods with additional details for consistent application. Discover why 7.2.2.1 mandates validation for modified standard methods, ensuring valid results in your laboratory. Recognize the crucial role of method validation in ensuring measurement result validity. Key Takeaways: Presenter:…

This webinar on utilizing the ANAB Property and Evidence Control Unit Accreditation Program will assist you in achieving your best practice goals and promote trust and transparency within your organization’s Property and Evidence Control. Police departments, sheriff’s offices, prosecutor’s offices, medical examiners, or other agencies responsible for the operation of a property room should attend this Webinar….

As conformity assessment standards are edited and reissued by ISO/CASCO, risk-based thinking is replacing the traditional preventive action requirements. Requirements for addressing risks and opportunities are incorporated into the management system requirements. The intention is to encourage organizations to use risk-based thinking as an ongoing activity to prevent nonconformities from occurring, as well as enhance…

Management review is required by many different ISO standards, including ISO/IEC 17025, as well as the quality management standard ISO 9001. While the standards relate to different types of organizations, the main requirements for management review are generally the same. Organizations accredited or certified to ISO standards must conduct management reviews to ensure the continuing…

Inspection is a widely practiced conformity assessment activity and has been in use for hundreds of years (see for example the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730).  ISO has been developing guidance and requirements for inspection bodies for 40 years.  In 2022, ISO voted to revise ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for operation of various types of bodies performing inspection. …

ANAB Webinar: Revision of ISO/IEC 17024: A Status Update This webinar will provide a review of the events leading up to the revision of ISO/IEC 17024 that is now underway.  The ANAB expert to ISO CASCO WG(Working Group) 30 will discuss the critical changes now being considered in the revision of ISO/IEC 17024.  When a revised ISO/IEC…

ANAB Webinar: Internal Audit/Gap Analysis – Different Purpose and Approach Internal Audits are essential tools in the maintenance of Quality Systems and are used to measure our progress and compliance with those systems on at least and annual basis. A Gap Analysis is used to measure where your quality system may not be completely meeting…

ANAB Webinar: A Comparison of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1/3-1994 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 A Comparison of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1/3-1994 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Understanding ANSI/NCSL Z540-1/3-1994 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 are key to your organization if you are performing calibrations supporting military contracts. Z540-1 has been an American National Standard since 1994. Part I of Z540-1 is based on the ISO/IEC…

WEBINAR ANAB Webinar: Improving your Internal Auditing Skills An integral part of a successful management system is an effective audit program that includes trained and competent auditors. Auditors need to possess sufficient auditing skills, both hard and soft skills, and abilities that allow the auditor to collect, verify and record sufficient objective evidence to support…

WEBINAR Accreditation Checklists for Dummies (How to complete them effectively)! Accreditation Checklists for Dummies (How to complete them effectively)! What do I do with this checklist? Checklists are a useful tool for completing audits and assessments. Checklists can be internally designed by organizations or provided by an accreditation body. They can work as a “one…

WEBINAR ANAB Webinar: ISO Accreditation Explained: Decrypting the Global Recognition System for Accreditation ANAB Webinar – April 27, 2023 This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the Global System for Accreditation This presentation will explore the international organizations, systems, and standards that create a framework for global acceptance of accredited conformity assessment…

WEBINAR ANAB Webinar: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT – BASIC PRINCIPLES ARE THE KEY ANAB Webinar – Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Conformity Assessment – Basic Principles are the Key This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the effect of the Conformity Assessment Paradigm A short webinar where you will see there are universal concepts of…

WEBINAR Building and Fostering Resilience Through Accreditation ANAB Webinar – Thursday, January 19, 2023 This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the effect Accreditation has upon your business and industry as a whole. Building and Fostering Resilience Through Accreditation Uncertainty and changes in everyday life have radically impacted us all during the…

WEBINAR ANAB Webinar: Understanding ISO Training Requirements and their effect on your Training Program Whether your organization is certified to a management system standard, such as ISO 9001, or accredited to a technical standard, such as ISO/IEC 17025, training is a crucial step to ensuring personnel are competent in performing the activities and responsibilities assigned…

WEBINAR ISO 14065’S RELATIONSHIP TO ISO/IEC 17029 ANAB Webinar – Thursday, October 27, 2022 This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between these two standards. Some might be asking, “What is the difference between ISO 14065:2020 – General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information, and ISO/IEC…

WEBINAR ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and Statements of Conformance This webinar will provide some history on how risks have been mitigated when making these statements, explain some of the common decision rules used in industry, introduce language to explain these to customers, and detail one of the oldest in use today. Statements of Conformance have been an…

WEBINAR ACCREDITATION VS CERTIFICATION IN CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ANAB Webinar – Thursday, September 29, 2022 This Webinar is intended for anyone who wants to understand the key differences between Accreditation and Certification. “Accreditation” and “Certification” are oftentimes used synonymously, and while related and equally important in the conformity assessment system, the two terms mean quite different…

WEBINAR AS 6171 – COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONICS TESTING ANAB Webinar – Thursday, August 25, 2022 This Webinar is intended for anyone involved with counterfeit electronics inspections and tests, and anyone who would like to learn more about the programs for verification of test protocols with respect to Counterfeit Electronics. AS6171 general standard describes an assessment of…

WEBINAR Webinar: Proficiency Testing – A Different Approach Pushing for Technical Satisfaction ANAB Webinar – Thursday, July 28, 2022 This short webinar discusses common problems for PTP, while introducing beneficial questions to ask when planning PTP participation. Engagement in proficiency testing is a compulsory activity for accredited laboratories.This does not mean that it is a…

WEBINAR UNDERSTANDING AND MAINTAINING IMPARTIALITY (FOR ACCREDITED & NON-ACCREDITED PROGRAMS) ANAB Webinar – Tuesday, June 28, 2022 What is impartiality and why is this important? During this webinar, impartiality will be defined and the purpose and benefits of impartiality discussed, with specific emphasis on how impartiality applies to accreditation, conformity assessment, and management systems. ISO/IEC 17025…

WEBINAR Implementing A Risk-based Thinking Approach Webinar on Thursday, May 26, 2022 This webinar will provide an overview of the concept of risk-based thinking by defining risk and presenting the basic elements of a risk assessment process. Standard requirements related to risk will be reviewed across several management and technical ISO standards to demonstrate how…

WEBINAR Webinar: Accreditation in the Cannabis Industry Wednesday, April 27 at 2pm – 3pm EDT Watch this webinar to learn more how accreditation can be used to ensure quality throughout the cannabis supply chain. The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) provides accreditation and training to companies covering all facets of the cannabis industry.  While laboratory…

WEBINAR Cause Analysis and Corrective Action Revisited Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 2:00-3:00 pm EST In this webinar we will discuss cause analysis and corrective action. During this webinar, we will review requirements from some of the standards that require corrective action, such as ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO 9001. In addition to reviewing…

WEBINAR The NEW FDA food testing requirements: Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Food (LAAF) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established a program for the testing of food in certain circumstances by accredited laboratories, as required under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The FDA established the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of…

WEBINAR Top Management Commitment to Quality

WEBINAR Quality and Risk in the Cannabis Supply Chain Link to Zoom Recording Description: The quality of cannabis products is impacted by many different factors. From seed to sale, positive and negative influences can affect the quality of the product. Aspects, such as soil composition and consistency, harvesting, processing, extracting, sampling, sample preparation, and packaging,…

WEBINAR Understanding Complaint Management Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Many ISO certification and accreditation standards contain requirements for management of complaints by an organization. Regardless of the standard requirements, it is important for organizations to receive and duly process complaints, not only for customer satisfaction, but as opportunities for improvement to the overall management system. Customers…

WEBINAR Making Quality Work for Everyone Webinar Wednesday, July 28, 2021 “Quality is everyone’s responsibility” (W. Edwards Deming). However, there are times that we find not everyone is onboard with implementing or embracing more quality practices. Some feel it is a waste of time, that it is burdensome, or that it takes away from productivity….

WEBINAR ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17020, which is the “right” standard? Thursday, June 24, 2021 Watch the webinar to learn more when to choose ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO/IEC 17020, or when you need both. We will examine the similarities and differences between ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO/IEC 17020:2012. The differences between Laboratory and Inspection Body accreditation will…

WEBINAR Managing Multiple Standards in the Laboratory Wednesday, May 26, 2021 How can laboratories manage these requirements? Which requirements overlap across standards? How can the laboratory integrate multiple standards into the management system? Join us for this webinar to find out the answers to these questions! Oftentimes, laboratories must manage requirements from multiple standards during…

WEBINAR The Importance of Sampling in Testing Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Watch this free webinar as we review the requirements for sampling, as well as discuss ANAB’s new program for sampling and sampling organizations. The importance of sampling in testing cannot be overstated. Sampling is seen as the largest contributor to measurement uncertainty. Accurate, reliable…

WEBINAR To Validate or to Verify, that is the Question Monday, March 29, 2021 Validation and/or verification of methods enables us to demonstrate that the analytical methods are suitable for use and helps ensure that results are accurate, valid and reliable. But what is the difference between a validation and a verification? When does ISO/IEC…

WEBINAR Understanding the FDA ASCA Program  Wednesday, February 24, 2021 In this webinar, we will review the new Accreditation Scheme for Conformity Assessment (ASCA) Pilot Program launched by the FDA. This pilot is a voluntary program for accreditation bodies, medical device manufacturers, and testing laboratories to enhance confidence in medical device testing and validity of…

WEBINAR Just the Facts: Requirements and Statistics Tuesday, January 26 Statistics, who needs that? Well, between ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17025, there are multiple requirements that call for selecting and applying statistical techniques and methods for processing and analysis of data, sampling plans, and reviewing and/or interpreting results. Join this free webinar to learn more…

WEBINAR The Importance of Soft Skills for Assessors and Auditors Thursday, October 29 Soft skills are personal attributes, traits, and behaviors that enable an individual to effectively interact with other people. They are a combination of social and communication skills, as well as personality traits and attitudes. Soft skills are particularly important in jobs that…

WEBINAR The Safety of Drinking Water Using ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Testing and Sampling Watch ANAB’s free webinar on Sampling and Testing of Drinking Water on September 22 to learn more about ISO/IEC 17025 in the environmental area and how accredited testing provides valid results, accurate and impartial reporting, and confidence in the sampling and testing…

WEBINAR Assuring Intended Learning Outcomes in Training and Education Programs Thursday, August 27, 2020 This webinar will provide an overview of assessment based-training and education program design and development as well as the requirements of ANSI/ASTM E2659, Standard Practice for Certificate Programs. How do you assure participants have achieved intended learning outcomes at the end…

WEBINAR Measurement Decision Rules 101 Thursday, July 30, 2020 Laboratories are becoming more aware of the new decision-rule requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, but first we need to understand the entire picture of the service requested to determine which decision rule is most appropriate for a given situation. This webinar will discuss how, through contract review,…

WEBINAR Data Quality: Ensuring the Validity of Laboratory Results Using ISO/IEC 17025:2017 For those who wondered if ISO/IEC 17025 would eventually require accredited laboratories to perform proficiency testing/inter-laboratory comparisons, the answer is yes. Several additional considerations for ensuring the validity of results have been added, including expanding the focus on quality assurance. Laboratories performing testing…

WEBINAR Remote Assessments for Lab-related Programs: Minimizing Risks That Could Affect Accreditation When On-Site Assessment is Not Possible Learn about preparing for remote assessments at this one-hour webinar on May 21, 2020. The increased use of remote (or virtual) assessment techniques by accreditation bodies has changed the way assessments typically have been performed. Thus, the…

WEBINAR The Importance of Continued Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Takeaways Investing in continued learning is essential for individual and organizational survival. No organization can remain competitive without investing in training of their staff to the latest developments within their industry. No individual can expect to remain a valued employee without having up-to-date knowledge in…