The Laboratory’s Perspective

• Price
• Quality
• Service
• Responsiveness
• Choice
• Improvement
• Cooperation

Uniformity of Accreditation
Assessments
• Stakeholder involvement
• Assessor Forum and Training
• Proficiency Test Requirements Coordination
• Coordinated Check-sheet development
• Guidance Document Coordination

Sector-specific requirements that are driven by regulator and/or specifier and laboratory and not by the AB
• Allows the stakeholders to define requirements
• Better requirements with NACLA coordination
• US/Them taken out of picture
• Meets Regulators/Specifiers Needs
• Allows AB to Attest unbiased (better)

Elimination of duplicative or redundant assessments
• Stakeholders can utilize the requirements of
ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17011 and require one standard
• Trust the evaluation of NACLA and the NACLA recognized AB
• Add sector specific requirements coordinated through NACLA and ACIL as required

Common US voice domestically and internationally on recognition/accreditation policy issues
• Stakeholders need one trustworthy place to discuss specifics on laboratory accreditation in the United States
– That place should represent all stakeholders in the process
– That place should be unbiased
– That place should be able to make policy for the
United States for both Accreditation Bodies and
Accredited Labs