Public Meeting on a National Council for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA)

Resumo

This notice announces a public meeting to discuss a proposal to establish a National Council for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA). The ACIL (formerly American Council of Independent laboratories), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) organized and have been co-sponsoring an informal Laboratory Accreditation Working Group (LAWG) with the aim of reducing inefficient duplication of accreditation requirements. The LAWG now seeks consensus to implement a unified and comprehensive U.S. infrastructure to meet national laboratory accreditation needs in both the public and private sectors. All interested parties are invited to attend this meeting and to participate in discussions of proposed implementation plans. The proposed organization is intended to serve as an infrastructure with broad U.S. acceptance that provides uniform procedures for accreditation and recognition of laboratory competence in product testing or calibration. Meeting participants will have an opportunity to review and discuss documents and concepts developed as a basis for realizing and implementing a more effective U.S. laboratory accreditation