ILAC and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) have renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was first established in July 2010. The MoU was established to inform and support cooperation between ILAC and IFCC in the area of medical laboratory accreditation. 

The MoU is available to download here.

Organismo Salvadoreño de Acreditación (OSA), El Salvador, is now a Full Member of ILAC.

OSA has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing (ISO/IEC 17025) via the IAAC MLA.  OSA originally joined ILAC as an Affiliate in 2000 and we are now pleased to welcome OSA as a Full Member of ILAC.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available here.

ILAC R3:12/2014 and Supplement 1 to ILAC R3 have been published and are available here.

ILAC R3 presents the ILAC Strategic Plan for the period 2015 – 2020 inclusive.

Supplement 1 sets out the top-level actions to implement the Strategic Objectives.

The signatory status of the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) has been extended to include inspection.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from  “here“

Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) is welcomed as an Affiliate member of ILAC.

We welcome MLSCN and look forward to working with our MLSCN colleagues.

Following the recent ILAC Arrangement Council ballot, the continuation of recognition for the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) as a Recognised Regional Cooperation of ILAC, has been confirmed.  The recommendation endorsed by the Arrangement Council members is noted below:

“The ILAC AMC recommends that the recognition of the APLAC MRA should be continued for the accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories using ISO/IEC 17025, medical testing laboratories using ISO 15189 and inspection bodies using ISO/IEC 17020.  It is recommended that the next re-evaluation of APLAC be carried out following the standard 4 year period, that is by June 2017.”

The signatory status of the Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC) has been extended to include inspection.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from  “here“

ILAC News Published

The 46th edition of ILAC News has been published and is available here.

National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) is welcomed as a Full Member of ILAC.

NAAU has become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing (ISO/IEC 17025) and calibration (ISO/IC 17025) via the EA MLA.  We welcome NAAU as a Full Member and look forward to continuing working with our NAAU colleagues.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from  “click here”.

A new brochure titled “Accreditation: Delivering confidence in the provision of Energy” has been published and is available here.

This brochure promotes the role accreditation plays in providing confidence in the provision of energy.