Laboratory Setup Services

At QTEX CPS, a team works together for you to shape your dreams into creating a world class lab. So if you are a lab manager, facilities manager, Engineer or contractor who is planning, budgeting, or setting up a new lab or expanding existing facilities, we can help with tailored solutions that meet your specific requirements

Laboratory offer consultancy services for setting up of laboratory and for acquiring accreditation as ISO 17025:2017. Services offered by trained and experienced team of senior laboratory personnel. Consultancy charges vary as per the size, scale of operation, scope of parameters etc of the laboratory and the requirement of manpower, expected consultancy periods etc.

Qtex CPS has designed these product & service as a starting point for your project. The sequence starts from layout planning and design as per ISO 17025 / Buyer specific norms keeping in mind environmental and safety practices. Microbiological labs are also designed keeping the clean room conditions in mind.

Setting up of the laboratory

• Gap analysis visit
• Preparation of the layout
• Identification of the equipments & infrastructure required
• Identification of the specifications of the equipments & infrastructure
• Assistance in the procurement of equipments & infrastructure items

Laboratory Accreditation

• Creating awareness and preliminary training
• Constituting task force in the laboratory
• Scrutiny of system and identifying gaps
• Guidance for preparation of Quality Manual
• Guidance for preparation of other Management System Documents
• Evaluation of WI’s & SOP’s for compliance
• Gestation of the system
• Participation in Inter-laboratory testing
• Conducting internal audit
• Closing of non-conformities by taking corrective actions
• Identifying weak/critical areas
• Guidance for submitting application to NABL

Laboratory Audits accordance to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 / Buyer Protocol

ISO/IEC 17025 or Supplier/Mill’s laboratory certification SOP’s enables laboratories to demonstrate that they operate competently and generate valid results, thereby promoting confidence in their work both nationally and around the world.

It cover below points:

• Seek objective evidence against the audit criteria.
• Document observations, recording audit findings, documents, and records supplied during the audit, including version.
• Justify confirmation of findings as compliant or noncompliant against the audit criteria.
• Discuss the noncompliant findings with the auditees and raise nonconformances (NC) using the process agreed to, either within the audit report or on a NC form.

Note that it is advisable to use the accreditation body checklists, to benefit from familiarity. Alternatively, the auditor could use in-house laboratory checklists, based on the accreditation body checklists.

The following audit criteria would be included in the technical audit checklists:

• Personnel training, competency, and authorization records (of witness or identified operators) (clause 6.2)
• Facilities and environmental conditions – suitability and recording (clause 6.3)
• Sampling and handling of test or calibration items (clause 7.3 and 7.4)
• Performance capability of selected methods (validation data) and evaluation of measurement uncertainty, indicating method adequate for intended use of the measurement result (clause 7.2 and 7.6)
• Metrological traceability of measurement results – certificates and storage conditions of reference materials used; maintenance, calibration, and intermediate checks of equipment (clause 6.4 and 6.5)
• Internal control procedure and acceptability of quality control results (clause 7.7)
• Technical Records – auditor to record which data and calculations were checked (clause 7.5 and 7.11)
• Reporting of results (clause 7.8).