Services

1. Calibration Laboratories

ASL ALJAWADH accredits calibration laboratories to ISO/IEC Standard 17025. This accreditation demonstrates to the marketplace and to regulators that calibration laboratories have met the industry recognized requirements for measurement. Traceability and undergo a program of periodic monitoring by ASL ALJAWADH.

ASL ALJAWADH Accreditation for Calibration Laboratories

  • Demonstrates compliance with ISO/IEC Standard 17025.
  • Increases confidence and reliability of calibration certificates and test reports across borders.
  • IAS offers prompt, personal service, including rapid scheduling of assessments to meet the needs of laboratories.
  • Accreditation serves as an internationally recognized “stamp of approval” for industry, stakeholders, and regulators.

2. Medical Laboratories

ASL ALJAWADH accredits medical laboratories to ISO 15189:2012 and industry specific standards. This accreditation demonstrates to the marketplace and to regulators that the medical laboratories have met the IAS accreditation requirements and are periodically monitored for compliance.

ASL ALJAWADH Accreditation for Medical Laboratories

Accredits third-party medical laboratories.

  • Assists medical laboratories develop a quality management system to ensure ISO 15189 and ISO 9001 requirements are met
  • Establishes inbuilt processes to educate laboratories to assess their own competence and personnel.
  • Assists in improving quality patient care, needs of patients and clinical personnel who are responsible for the care of patients.
  • Increases health safety, confidentiality, ethical reporting practices and patient management.
  • The current ASL proposed scope available for applicant and accredited medical laboratories are as follows:

Clinical Biochemistry (sub-scope: Toxicology), Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Pathology, Genetics (sub-scope: Cytogenetics), Haematology, Histopathology [sub-scopes: Cytopathology (Cytology) Hospital Autopsy], Immunology, Medical Imaging, Molecular Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Point-of-care Testing (POCT), Pharmacology

Medical Laboratories accredited by IAS benefit from IAS’s recognition as a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). The MRA supports international trade by promoting confidence and acceptance of accredited medical reports.

3. Proficiency Testing Provider

ASL offers accreditation for Proficiency Testing Providers to ISO/IEC 17043: 2010, Conformity assessment – General requirements for proficiency testing.

Accreditation demonstrates competence of a Proficiency Testing Provider (PTP) seeking to:

  • Be recognized for operating a management system in accordance with international standards.
  • Demonstrate technical competence in all aspects of proficiency testing schemes.
  • Support testing and calibration laboratories to participate in proficiency testing which can reduce a laboratory’s risk of.producing incorrect measuring results.
  • Improve quality assurance and reduce potential costs to their organization.
  • Gain market advantage through the supply of multitude of proficiency testing schemes/programs

4. Validation and verification bodies

ASL accredits validation and verification bodies to ISO/IEC 17029. This accreditation demonstrates to the marketplace, stakeholders and regulators that the agencies/bodies have met the requirements of ASL accreditation, and requirements for operating certification schemes in a competent, consistent and impartial
As accredited entities these agencies/bodies are periodically monitored for compliance.

ASL Accreditation for Validation and Verification Bodies

  • Demonstrates compliance with ISO/IEC Standard 17029.
  • ASL accreditation is accepted by regulators and the marketplace.
  • Bodies operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17029 can provide either first-party, second-party, or third-party activities.
  • Bodies can be validation bodies only, verification bodies only, or provide both services.
  • Validation/verification is applicable to any sector, providing confirmation that claims are either plausible with regards to the intended future use (validation) or truthfully stated (verification).
  • ASL offers prompt, personal service, including rapid scheduling of assessments to meet the needs of agencies.
  • Accreditation serves as an internationally recognized “stamp of approval” for industry and regulators.

Accreditation Process

IAS accredits organizations by verifying their technical competence and assessing their quality management systems based on recognized industry standards.
The accreditation process begins with the customer’s submittal of an application, applicable fees, and documentation cited in the applicable IAS accreditation criteria.
An ASL accreditation officer partners with each customer throughout the accreditation process, beginning with a review of the submitted data and the requested scope of accreditation.
Once the data has been reviewed and determined to comply with the applicable criteria, IAS matches an assessment team, comprising quality system, technical, and subject matter experts, to the requested scope of accreditation. The team conducts an on-site assessment and develops an assessment report.
After satisfying IAS accreditation requirements and demonstrating technical competence, the customer receives an accreditation certificate.