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Title: V-B Understanding The Accreditation Process
Author: Chester Franklin
Source: 2003 Measurement Science Conference
Year Published: 2003
Abstract: It will explain how the accreditation process is established and monitored so that international recognition can be assured. There are standardized procedural steps in the process of accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 that are followed by any accrediting body in the world, which has signed mutual agreements with the accrediting community. This paper includes a flow diagram of the common accreditation process. These process steps, established by ISO/IEC Guide 58, Calibration and Testing Laboratory Accreditation Systems - General Requirements for Operation and Recognition, and to which an AB must adhere, are defined and discussed. This paper also includes a chart showing the hierarchy of the international accreditation community, defining such organizations as ILAC, APLAC, EA and NACLA, along with the three U.S. ABs that have signed MRAs with NACLA.

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