Understanding Quality Standards for Analytical Laboratories: Comparing ISO 9001 vs ISO/IEC 170251/29/2025 What accreditation does your x-ray fluorescence service provider hold? It’s important to many clients of Eastern Applied Research that their XRF Analyzer service and support provider maintain compliance to a specific standard through an independent accreditation body. For those customers focused on ISO/IEC 17025, we are happy to announce that we have maintained our accreditation to this rigorous standard. This is a timely extension of our accreditation because a new customer recently contacted us specifically because they wanted support that is covered by ISO/IEC 17025. Their current, now previous, provider certifies to ISO 9001. Read a Comparison of ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 Quality management is critical in analytical laboratories, where precision, reliability, and consistency are paramount. These two internationally recognized standards, ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025, play crucial roles in establishing and maintaining quality systems. However, they serve distinctly different purposes and have unique scopes of application. The main difference between ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 is their focus and application. ISO 9001 is a generic quality management system standard that can be applied to any organization across virtually every industry. It provides a comprehensive framework for establishing systematic processes that ensure consistent product or service quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement. ISO 9001 certification applies to an entire organization. It’s an effective tool for management but does not include the necessary technical content to show that test, inspection, and calibration data are reliable. When that is required, ISO/IEC 17025 is the highest quality management system and the primary standard for calibration laboratories.
Similarities of the two include:
While they share these fundamental principles, they serve distinctly different purposes. Many laboratories will choose to implement both standards, using ISO 9001 as a foundational quality management system and ISO/IEC 17025 to address specific technical requirements. While Eastern Applied Research is an authorized service provider for Hitachi High-Tech XRF analyzers, we can be considered as a third-party service provider for all models of x-ray fluorescence analyzers. Other third party, or ‘independent’, service providers exist, but very few of them offer accredited services because of the effort it takes to maintain such an accreditation.
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