SCC Requirements and Guidance for Method Verification and Validation in Testing Laboratories (RG-MVVT)

Bulletin date:
Bulletin number:
2021-14

Action required

All SCC-accredited and applicant testing laboratories shall conform to version 2 of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for Method Verification and Validation in Testing Laboratories (RG-MVVT), 2021-05-24.

 

This document:

  • Approved on: 2021-05-24
  • Published on: 2021-08-24
  • Effective as of: 2021-08-24

 

Affected customers

SCC-accredited and applicant testing laboratories, and Laboratory Accreditation Program assessors. 

 

Background

These changes were made to align SCC Requirements and Guidance for Method Verification and Validation in Testing Laboratories (RG-MVVT) conforming to clause 7.2 of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 ‘Selection, verification and validation of methods’.

 

New requirements

The requirements have been revised to be in alignment with applicable clauses of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 related to method verification and validation. Below is a list of the main changes in this revised document:

  • Normative References’ section: is separated into normative and informative references. Out of date references have been removed;
  • ‘Definitions’: includes method verification and validation and new definitions for modified and in-house methods;
  •  ‘Verification of Test methods’: a new section is added to the requirements; 
  •  ‘Validation process’  has been updated to reflect the current requirements of clause 7.2.2 of ISO/IEC 17025:2017;
  • Introduction of  two new sections related to the following topics: 
    • Annex A: Performance Characteristics; 
    • Annex B: Guideline for verifications of test methods in AFAP-PSA.

 

Deadline

The new version of this document is effective immediately. All testing labs accredited by SCC are requested to update their documents and processes accordingly. Full conformity is expected by 2021-11-24, after which nonconformities will be issued for nonfulfillment of these requirements.    

 

Questions?

Please contact Vivekananthan Kulasingham, Manager, Compliance and Assessment Services, at vivekananthan.kulasingham@scc-ccn.ca or +1 613 238 3222 for more information.