This course provides guidance for development and implementation of a credible quality assurance program, plus it also provides chemists and chemical researchers, and all scientists and managers the ideal means to ensure accurate and reliable work reference to ISO 17025; 2017.

The course is of interest for all Laboratory staff, Chemists and technicians, specially who work with quality control and assurance.

 Introduction
• Chemistry Historical and review
• Basic Principal and theory
• Atoms
• Atomic Structure
• The proton, electron and neutron
• Atomic wight (mass)
• Relative Atomic wight (mass)
• Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025
• History, terms and definitions
• Analytical Measurement
• Quality control and assessment
• Overview of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Requirements

Mean structure of ISO/IEC 17025:2017
• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• General requirements
• Structural requirements
• Resource requirements
• Personnel
• Facilities and environmental conditions

• Equipment & Metrological traceability
• Externally provided products and services
• Process requirements
• Review of requests, tenders and contracts
• Selection, verification and validation of methods
• Sampling & Handling of test or calibration items
• Technical records
• Evaluation of measurement uncertainty
• Ensuring the validity of results
• Reporting of results
• Complaints & Nonconforming work
• Control of data and information management
• Management system requirements
• Management system documentation
• Control of management system documents
• Control of records
• Actions to address risks and opportunities
• Improvement
• Corrective actions

Application about ISO 17025 requirements
• Evaluation of analytical data
• Errors in Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• Method development and validation
• Reputability, Reducibility and mean of replicate
• Detection Limit
• Uncertainty measurement
• Control Chart
• Application for Data Evaluation
• Practical exercises for Inter-Laboratory Performance test
• Practical exercises for Uncertainty & Control Chart
• Calculation for Uncertainty
• Used Excel Function for Uncertainty
• Drawing Control Chart by Excel

Steps for implementation ISO 17025 accreditation in your Lab
• Gap Analysis Implementation
• Training
• Documentation of QMS & Implementation of it
• Conducting one cycle of QMS Internal Audit
• List of non-conformities
• Provide guidance for initiating corrective action
• Provide guidance for conducting Management Review
• Application & Contract with the accreditation body
• Nomination and commissioning of assessors.
• Technical audit of the application documents.

• On-site laboratory assessment.
• If necessary, proficiency testing.
• Assessment report.
• Inspection of the report in the sectoral committee.
• Accreditation decision.
• Publication.

Internal audits reference to ISO 17025:2017 & ISO 19011
• Principles of auditing
• Types of audits
• Why auditing for management system
• System audits reference to ISO 19011
• Competence person managing audit program
• Roles and responsibilities of person managing the audit program
• Management of Audit Programs
• Audit Planning and Preparation
• Performing the Audit
• Conducting open meeting
• Establishing audit programme objectives
• Determining and evaluating audit programme risks and opportunities
• Establishing the audit programme
• Implementing audit programme
• ISO 17025:2017 Audit Checklist
• Conformity & Non-Conformity work
• Reviewing and improving audit programme
• Generating audit findings
• Determining audit conclusions
• Conducting closing meeting
• Preparing and distributing audit report
• Management reviews

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 75% of the total course duration