RusAccreditation in the Media

Transitioning to GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019

By Elena Lebedinskaya

Deputy Director General of the National Institute for Accreditation of RusAccreditation

The new intergovernmental standard GOST ISO/IEC 17025–2019 regulating requirements to competence of testing and calibration laboratories entered into force
September 1, 2019. However, the transition period for normalizing the work in compliance with the new guidelines has not been established. The following questions arise with regard to this: How to reorganize the work of a laboratory fast without any mistakes? How will the assessment be carried out now? And how to confirm the compliance with the requirements of the new standard?