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'''Title''': ''LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories''

'''Edition''': First Edition

'''Author for citation''': Shawn E. Douglas

'''License for content''': [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International]

'''Publication date''': February 2023


When it comes to international standards for laboratories, [[ISO/IEC 17025]] is arguably one the most recognizable. With its focus on helping testing, calibration, and sampling laboratories to demonstrate "the competence, impartiality, and consistent operation" of their business activities, a strong focus on quality becomes apparent. Given the standard's demands, an increasing number of labs have turned to [[laboratory informatics]] solutions like the [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) and [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) to help not only improve laboratory [[workflow]]s but also better comply with ISO/IEC 17025.

This guide introduces the topic of ISO/IEC 17025 and addresses how the standard impacts laboratories attempting to adopt and comply with it. More importantly, it examines what LIMS features are vital to helping the lab achieve its standard-based goals, with the help of the user requirements specification (URS) [[LII:LIMSpec 2022 R2|LIMSpec]]. It then addresses other important aspects of system acquisition, including tips on how to best put the URS and documents such as the [[request for information]] (RFI) to use. The guide also includes additional resources helpful to the lab seeking to comply to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

(NOTE: The PDF output of this guide fails to properly list the references. To see the original document, with references, see [[LII:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories|here]].)


;About this book
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Introduction|Introduction]]
;1. Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025/History of ISO/IEC 17025|1.1 History of ISO/IEC 17025]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025/ISO/IEC 17025 vs. ISO 9001|1.2 ISO/IEC 17025 vs. ISO 9001]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025/How we benefit from ISO/IEC 17025 laboratories|1.3 How we benefit from ISO/IEC 17025 laboratories]]
;2. How ISO/IEC 17025 affects and benefits laboratories
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/How ISO/IEC 17025 affects and benefits laboratories/Types of labs affected by ISO/IEC 170252|1 Types of labs affected by ISO/IEC 17025]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/How ISO/IEC 17025 affects and benefits laboratories/What ISO/IEC 17025 asks of laboratories|2.2 What ISO/IEC 17025 asks of laboratories]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/How ISO/IEC 17025 affects and benefits laboratories/How laboratories benefit from ISO/IEC 17025 compliance|2.3 How laboratories benefit from ISO/IEC 17025 compliance]]
;3. Choosing laboratory informatics software for better ISO/IEC 17025 compliance
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Choosing laboratory informatics software for better ISO/IEC 17025 compliance/Evaluation and selection|3.1 Evaluation and selection]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Choosing laboratory informatics software for better ISO/IEC 17025 compliance/Implementation|3.2 Implementation]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Choosing laboratory informatics software for better ISO/IEC 17025 compliance/MSW, updates, and other contracted services|3.3 MSW, updates, and other contracted services]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Choosing laboratory informatics software for better ISO/IEC 17025 compliance/How a user requirements specification fits into the entire process (LIMSpec)|3.4 How a user requirements specification fits into the entire process (LIMSpec)]]
;4. Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions/LIMS vendors|4.1 LIMS vendors]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions/Consultants|4.2 Consultants]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions/Other resources|4.3 Other resources]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions/LIMSpec|4.4 LIMSpec]]
;5. Taking the next step
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Conduct initial research into a specification document tailored to your lab's needs|5.1 Conduct initial research into a specification document tailored to your lab's needs]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Taking the next step/Issue some of the specification as part of a request for information (RFI)|5.2 Issue some of the specification as part of a request for information (RFI)]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Taking the next step/Respond to or open dialogue with vendors|5.3 Respond to or open dialogue with vendors]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Taking the next step/Finalize the requirements specification and choose a vendor|5.4 Finalize the requirements specification and choose a vendor]]
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Taking the next step/LIMSpec in Microsoft Word format|5.5 LIMSpec in Microsoft Word format]]
;6. Closing remarks
:[[Book:LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories/Closing remarks|6. Closing remarks]]

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