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Risk management approach for testing
and calibration laboratories
Michelly Karoline Alves Santana & Geilson Loureiro
Accreditation and Quality Assurance 27, 313–318 (2022)
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Abstract
In the latest revision of the ISO/IEC 17025
standard, General requirements for the competence
of testing and calibration laboratories, published in
2017, the concept of risk-based thinking was
introduced in its requirements. Although the new
version introduces the concept, procedures to be
adopted for the implementation of risk
management in testing and calibration laboratories
are not addressed. The article is conceptual in
nature and summarizes information from the
literature to assess the application of reputable risk
management models and implement them in
laboratories. Furthermore, it includes discussions
on the implementation of risk management in the
daily laboratory operations in a practical and
effective way as per the requirements of ISO/IEC
17025.
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Institute for Industrial Development and
Coordination (IFI), São José dos Campos,
SP, Brazil
Michelly Karoline Alves Santana
National Institute for Space Research
(INPE), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Michelly Karoline Alves Santana & Geilson
Loureiro
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Santana.
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Santana, M.K.A., Loureiro, G. Risk management approach
for testing and calibration laboratories. Accred Qual Assur
27, 313–318 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-022-
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22 November 13 August 2022 12 September
2021 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-022-01521-y
Keywords
Risk management Risk-based thinking
ISO/IEC 17025 Testing laboratory
Calibration laboratory
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