<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The quality management systems compliant with the ISO 9001:2009 have been thoroughly researched and described in detail in the world literature. The accredited management systems used in the testing laboratories and compliant with the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 have been mainly described in terms of the system design and implementation. They have also been investigated from the analytical point of view. Unfortunately, a low number of studies concerned the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories. The aim of following study was to assess the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories in Poland. On 8 October 2015, 1,213 accredited testing laboratories were present in Poland. They investigated various scientific areas and substances/objects. There are more and more such laboratories that have various problems and different long-term experience when it comes to the implementation, maintenance and improvement of the management systems. The article describes the results of the conducted expert assessment (survey) carried out to examine the conditions for the functioning of a management system in an accredited laboratory. It also focuses on the characteristics of the accredited research laboratories in Poland. The authors discuss the selection of the external and internal conditions that may affect the accredited management system. They show how the experts assessing the selected conditions were chosen. The survey results are also presented.</p></abstract>

The quality management systems compliant with the ISO 9001:2009 have been thoroughly researched and described in detail in the world literature. The accredited management systems used in the testing laboratories and compliant with the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 have been mainly described in terms of the system design and implementation. They have also been investigated from the analytical point of view. Unfortunately, a low number of studies concerned the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories. The aim of following study was to assess the management system functioning in the accredited testing laboratories in Poland. On 8 October 2015, 1,213 accredited testing laboratories were present in Poland. They investigated various scientific areas and substances/objects. There are more and more such laboratories that have various problems and different long-term experience when it comes to the implementation, maintenance and improvement of the management systems. The article describes the results of the conducted expert assessment (survey) carried out to examine the conditions for the functioning of a management system in an accredited laboratory. It also focuses on the characteristics of the accredited research laboratories in Poland. The authors discuss the selection of the external and internal conditions that may affect the accredited management system. They show how the experts assessing the selected conditions were chosen. The survey results are also presented.

Expert Assessment of Conditions for Accredited Quality Management System Functioning in Testing Laboratories

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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The quality management systems compliant with the ISO 9001:2009 have been thoroughly researched and described in detail in the world literature. The accredited...

Expert Assessment of Conditions for Accredited Quality Management System Functioning in Testing Laboratories

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 42 - 48

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2018-0007

Keywords
quality management system, ISO/IEC 17025:2005, accreditation, testing laboratory

© 2018 Joanna Mytych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Expert Assessment of Conditions for Accredited Quality Management System Functioning in Testing Laboratories

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 42 - 48

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2018-0007

Keywordsquality management system, ISO/IEC 17025:2005, accreditation, testing laboratory

© 2018 Joanna Mytych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
quality management system, ISO/IEC 17025:2005, accreditation, testing laboratory