the Calibration laboratory of the chief metrologist of OJSC "BMZ — holding management company "BMK" was the first in the country accredited for compliance with GOST ISO/IEC17025-2019, which began operating in Belarus since October of this year.
the New standard is identical to international ISO/IEC 17025:2017 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories". It is intended to strengthen confidence in the operation of laboratories and recognition of their results in different countries, which is extremely important for BMZ as export-oriented enterprises.
in fact, immediately after the entry into force of GOST ISO/IEC17025-2019 by the Commission of the Belarusian state accreditation center, Gomel and Mogilev centers of standardization, Metrology and certification was conducted the corresponding audit assessment activities of the chief metrologist BMZ. According to the results of the inspection did not identify any discrepancies with the requirements of the standard. In addition, the scope of accreditation was extended for the calibration of optical emission spectrometers, analysers elemental composition of a substance and thermoelectric converters.
it is Worth noting that in November of the current year calibration of laboratoryanimal chief metrologist BMZ confirmed the conformity of the procedures of metrological support to international requirements in the joint assessment of National accreditation system of the Republic of Belarus from the European organization for accreditation (EA). During the evaluation attention of experts from 9 European countries was reminded, in particular, on the introduction of new version of international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
