Qualitätsmanagement und Akkreditierung von Prüflaboratorien

Quality management and accreditation of laboratories The paper deals with quality management in testing laboratories emphasizing on the one hand the technical aspects as calibration, internal and external quality control and validation, and on the other hand management aspects, i.e. quality documentation, management review and quality audits. The necessity of accreditation of testing laboratories in the legal area of testing and the advantages in the private area are stressed. After an illustration of the difference between accreditation of testing laboratories and certification of quality systems some trends in accreditation and quality management are mentioned.