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| '''Title''': ''How does ISO/IEC 17025 impact laboratories?''
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| '''Author for citation''': Shawn E. Douglas
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| '''License for content''': [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International]
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| ==Introduction==
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| ==What ISO/IEC 17025 asks of laboratories==
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| ===Gaps in ISO/IEC 17025===
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| It's important to note that ISO/IEC 17025 does not cover compliance with laboratory safety requirements.<ref name="WHOLQMS11">{{Cite web |last=World Health Organization |date=2011 |title=Laboratory Quality Management System: Handbook |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44665/9789241548274_eng.pdf?sequence=1 |format=PDF |publisher=World Health Organization |isbn=9789241548274}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pillai |first=Segaran |last2=Calvert |first2=Jennifer |last3=Fox |first3=Elizabeth |date=2022-11-03 |title=Practical considerations for laboratories: Implementing a holistic quality management system |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1040103/full |journal=Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology |volume=10 |pages=1040103 |doi=10.3389/fbioe.2022.1040103 |issn=2296-4185 |pmc=PMC9670165 |pmid=36406233}}</ref>
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| ==Benefits of using ISO/IEC 17025==
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| In its 2011 ''Laboratory Quality Management System: Handbook'', the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) notes the following concerning the QMS model<ref name="WHOLQMS11" />:
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| <blockquote>Laboratories not implementing a good quality management system are guaranteed that there will be many errors and problems occurring that may go undetected. Implementing a quality management system may not guarantee an error-free laboratory, but it does yield a high-quality laboratory that detects errors and prevents them from recurring.</blockquote>
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| ==Conclusion==
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| ==References==
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