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Québec – The 15 biomedical laboratories that make up the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) cluster have just obtained their ISO 15189 accreditation in recognition of the quality of their testing and the competence of...

Action required Applicant and Accredited Laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of...

Action required Effective immediately, all laboratories must now refer to SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories and cease referring to CAN-P-1630 - PALCAN Interpretations for Conducting...

This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance. This document covers all...

This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance. This document covers all...

This document is designed to apply to all types of forensic objective testing and therefore needs to be interpreted in respect of the type of calibration and testing concerned and the techniques involved. It provides an...

This Program Speciality Area – Mineral Analysis (PSA-MA) document provides an elaboration, interpretation and additional requirements to those requirements in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 that are required for laboratories involved in...

This SCC Requirements and Guidance Document is part of series of publications issued by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) that define the policy and operational requirements for core programs established in support of its...

We are pleased to welcome Lipid Analytical Inc. as a newly SCC-accredited laboratory under our accreditation program for testing and calibration laboratories. Lipid Analytical Inc. provides highly specialized analytical and...

The North American Accreditation Forum (NAAF), a non-profit spearheaded by accreditation bodies across North America, was just launched on June 9, 2023. It provides a platform for accreditation bodies, industry associations...

The legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada has increased demand for laboratory testing of cannabis. This includes tests for levels of cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA...

Action required Accredited laboratories shall review their existing quality system and prepare for their first assessment against the ISO 15189:2022 according to the timeline described below. Assessors for this program shall...