Laboratory accreditation

TAF provides laboratory accreditation services against the International Standards ISO/IEC 17025 (for testing and calibration laboratories) and ISO 15189 (for medical laboratories). Laboratories seeking or maintaining TAF accreditation must comply with the International Standard and observe the “TAF Service Manual for Laboratory/Inspection Body”, “TAF Rights and Obligations” and other related policies and requirements in specific field.

Summary of application process

1. The applicant laboratory obtains all necessary TAF application forms, TAF requirements and policy documents from the web site or directly from TAF.

2. The applicant laboratory obtains account number and PIN from TAF, and then fills in application forms and uploads required documents through the TAF e-system.

3. The applicant laboratory receives the confirmation of case reception and then completes the payment.

4. TAF reviews the application documents and an appropriate assessor(s) is assigned, with laboratory concurrence.

5. The accreditation officer contacts the laboratory to discuss the scheduling of the on-site assessment and request the quality documentation. Once documentation is reviewed for completeness, the assessment can be scheduled with the assessor(s).

6. The preliminary visit (applicable to initial assessment) or on-site assessment is performed.

7. The laboratory responds to any non-conformity with a written corrective action response.

8. After the corrective action is reviewed by TAF technical staff and once complete, the application is forwarded for accreditation decision.

9. Accreditation is granted.

10. The accredited laboratory is registered in the on-line accredited directory