News — Report requirements

The reporting requirements in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 have some changes that laboratories will need to take into consideration. In addition to a few new requirements, there are changes in wording in some of the requirements. Clause 7.8.1.1 is new and requires that results are reviewed and authorized prior to release.  The date of sampling needs to be included in the report if it is critical to the validity and application of the results. In the 2005 version the date of sampling was required if the test reports included the results of sampling. Reports need to have the date of issue, and need...