Organismo Dominicano de Acreditación (ODAC) is now a Full Member of ILAC. 

ODAC become a signatory to the ILAC MRA for testing and calibration (ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection (ISO/IEC 17020).  ODAC originally joined ILAC as an Associate Member in 2018, and we are now pleased to welcome ODAC as a Full Member of ILAC.

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

The latest version of ILAC P14:09/2020 ILAC Policy for Measurement Uncertainty in Calibration has been published and is available from https://ilac.org/publications-and-resources/ilac-policy-series/

This document sets out the requirements and guidelines for the estimation and statement of uncertainty in calibration. This latest revision reflects the 2017 versions of ISO/IEC 17011 and ISO/IEC 17025. The policy continues to be based on the Guide to Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) and retains the common understanding of the term CMC from the joint declaration issued by the BIPM and ILAC https://ilac.org/about-ilac/partnerships/international-partners/bipm/ 

The implementation date for this 09/2020 version of ILAC P14 is March 2021.

The signatory status of The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health (BLQS-DMSc), Thailand, has been extended to include RMP (ISO 17034).

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

The signatory status of Coordenação Geral de Acreditação General Coordination for Accreditation (CGCRE), Brazil, has been extended to include PTP (ISO/IEC 17043).

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

Interested in supporting the development of the next phase of the global accreditation framework? IAF and ILAC are seeking proposals from experienced individuals or groups of individuals that hold the required attributes to implement the next stage of this key project to establish a single international organisation for accreditation. Please refer to the background information and tender document available from https://ilac.org/about-ilac/partnerships/international-partners/iaf/

ILAC has published a factsheet covering key points for immigration agencies and border force regulators that should be addressed if SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) testing is being considered for inclusion in traveller screening protocols. The factsheet is available from https://ilac.org/publications-and-resources/ilac-promotional-brochures/ under Specifying Accreditation.

As a result of the extension of the recognition of the APAC MRA to the ILAC MRA to include the accreditation of RMP using ISO 17034 last month, there are now 10 additional signatories to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of RMP namely NATA (Australia), CNAS (China), NABL (India), HKAS (Hong Kong, China), IANZ (New Zealand), AAC Analitica (Russia), IAJapan (Japan), BLA-DSS (Thailand), A2LA and ANAB (United States of America).  There are now a total of 19 signatories to the ILAC MRA for the accreditation of RMP representing 127 reference material producers currently covered by the ILAC MRA.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/ . This directory is searchable by economy and scope of signatory status as well as the name and acronym of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA. The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/recognised-regional-cooperation-bodies/.

The ILAC brochure ‘Why become an accredited reference material producer’ is available from https://ilac.org/publications-and-resources/ilac-promotional-brochures/.

The JCTLM (Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine) recently invited its members and stakeholders to contribute material for an edition of their newsletter focused on the reliability of measurements in COVID-19 diagnostics. This edition of the newsletter has now been published and is available from https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/JCTLM/JCTLM-Newsletter-2020-COVID-19.pdf

The aim of this edition of the newsletter is to facilitate knowledge transfer of the on-going activities in our community in particular on new developments that focus on the reliability of measurements in COVID-19 diagnostics, including reference materials, reference measurement methods, interlaboratory comparisons and relevant research, publications and seminars.

The signatory status of PNGLAS (Papua New Guinea) to the ILAC MRA has been withdrawn as a result of the voluntary withdrawal by PNGLAS of their signatory status to the APAC MRA.

PNGLAS remains an Associate member of ILAC. https://ilac.org/ilac-membership/members-by-category/

We are pleased to advise that the recognition of the APAC MRA to the ILAC MRA now includes the accreditation of RMP using ISO 17034 as a result of the recent ILAC Arrangement Council ballot and the evaluation of APAC for this scope extension.

The full list of signatories to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/signatory-search/. This directory is searchable by economy and scope of signatory status as well as the name and acronym of the accreditation bodies that are signatories to the ILAC MRA. The scope of recognition of the recognised regions to the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/recognised-regional-cooperation-bodies/. Information on the acceptance of calibration, testing and inspection results, programs provided by PTPs and reference materials produced by RMPs via the ILAC MRA is available from https://ilac.org/ilac-mra-and-signatories/.