What is laboratory Accreditation

The concept of Laboratory Accreditation was developed to provide a means for third-party certification of the competence of laboratories to perform specific type(s) of testing and calibration. Laboratory Accreditation provides formal recognition of competent laboratories, thus providing a ready means for customers to find reliable testing and calibration services in order to meet their demands.
What is NABL Accreditation

National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and is registered under the Societies Act. Government of India has authorized NABL as the sole accreditation body for Testing and Calibration laboratories. NABL provides laboratory accreditation services to laboratories that are performing tests / calibrations in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and ISO 15189:2007 for medical laboratories. These services are offered in a non-discriminatory manner and
Benifits of NABL Accreditions
Getting your laboratory accredited by NABL has following benefits:
- NABL Accreditation increases confidence of your customer in your services, hence your business sees a tremendous growth.
- It reduces possibilities of error in testing and eliminates the need of re-testing. So ultimately it reduces time consumption and also reduces extra cost.
- Increases control on laboratory operations and feedback to laboratories as to
- Ensures sound Quality Assurance System which would be technically competent.
- Increase of confidence in Testing / Calibration data and competence of personnel performing work.
- Customers can search and identify the laboratories accredited by NABL for
their specific requirements from the Directory of Accredited Laboratories.
NABL accreditation process
| Making application to NABL along with application fee & quality Manual |
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| Pre-Assessment audit by NABL |
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| Final audit by NABL |
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| Review of corrective action submitted by client & issuance of accreditation by NABL |
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| Periodic surveillance audit by NABL |
