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Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a hot topic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only with frontline healthcare specialists, but also with professionals in the testing industry who have been working tirelessly to enable certified PPE to be placed on the market. Nathan Shipley PPE Group Certification Manager at BSI explores how the business improvement company has been on the frontline with PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Microplastics are plastic fragments less than 5 mm in size1 and nanoplastics are fragments smaller than 1 µm. We take a look at a method called thermal desorption–gas chromatography–mass spectroscopy that can be used to identify microplastic and nanoplastic pollutants in the environment. The information obtained could also help to identify the source of the micro/nanoplastics and give information on their toxicity.
World Accreditation Day, which takes place annually on 9th June, has become an important fixture in the calendar to promote the value of accreditation, accredited conformity assessment and standards. This global initiative established by ILAC and IAF is celebrated in over 100 economies to promote and raise awareness of the value that accreditation delivers across different industries.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has resulted in Accreditation Bodies (ABs) needing to quickly adapt from their normal business models of on-site assessment to remote assessments. Following the revision of ISO/IEC 17011 in 2017, which opened up the potential for greater remote assessment, many ABs have been investigating how best to use remote assessment. The move to remote assessment had been gradual for most ABs, but the realities of the travel restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic mean that most ABs have had to rapidly adopt a remote assessment approach.
Gain greater insight, understand and address the major changes to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and how they will impact on your organisation?
Hear the answers from UKAS to some of the most commonly asked questions about ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Transition and how they affect your business.
Following the success of our recent ISO 17025:2017 workshop, we received a number of questions which we put to the panel of experts. The questions and answers are given below:
Responsibility for compliance is shared by the manufacturer or importer placing the EEE on the UK market and the distributor (including retailers).
Following the changes with ISO 17025:2017 our expert panel explain how you can ensure your LIMS meet the neccessary requirements.
Trescal Ltd. the international specialist in calibration services, are pleased to announce a partnership agreement with STAHLWILLE UK, the wholly owned UK subsidiary of STAHLWILLE Eduard Wille GmbH & Co. KG.
