What External Products & Services Affect Your Laboratory? | ISO 17025

In this lecture, we discuss one of the important questions an ISO/IEC 17025 assessor may ask during an assessment: *“What are the externally provided products and services that affect your laboratory activities?”* This question is directly related to **ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Clause 6.6 – Externally Provided Products and Services**. In this practical lecture, you will learn how to identify and explain externally provided products and services in your laboratory, including examples such as: • Reference materials and certified reference materials (CRMs) • Calibration services • Proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparison providers • Equipment maintenance and repair services • External laboratory services • Consumables and laboratory reagents • Software and other external services that can affect laboratory activities We also discuss how to answer the assessor confidently and demonstrate that your laboratory has appropriate controls for externally provided products and services. This lecture is especially useful for laboratory analysts, quality managers, technical managers, internal auditors, ISO 17025 implementers, and laboratories preparing for accreditation or assessment. *Topics covered:* ✔ ISO 17025 Clause 6.6 ✔ Externally provided products and services ✔ Assessor questions ✔ Laboratory accreditation ✔ Supplier evaluation ✔ External calibration ✔ Reference materials ✔ Proficiency testing ✔ How to answer an assessor during an ISO 17025 assessment If you are preparing your laboratory for **ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation**, this practical explanation will help you understand what the assessor is looking for. #ISO17025 #ISO17025Training #LaboratoryAccreditation #ISO17025Clause66 #LaboratoryQuality #QualityManagement #LaboratoryAssessment