In a series of posts, I am going to introduce the reader to the existence of ISO 17025 and its importance. I am going to introduce it in bite-sized bits for easy digestion. Just like all matters of learning, knowledge is incremental over time and builds upon previous exposure. In our first post we answered […]
Why is ISO 17025 so important to us in forensic science?
In our first post we answered the question: What is ISO 17025? The next post we answered the question: Why do we need standards? Why ISO 17025 and policy, procedures and instructions matter. Today’s post answers the question: Why is ISO 17025 so important to us in forensic science? ISO 17025 accreditation Why is ISO […]
The need for standards. Why ISO 17025 and policy, procedures and instructions matter
In a series of posts, I am going to introduce the reader to the existence of ISO 17025 and its importance. I am going to introduce it in bite-sized bits for easy digestion. Just like all matters of learning, knowledge is incremental over time and builds upon previous exposure. In our last post we answered […]
What is ISO 17025 in the forensic science context?
In a series of posts, I am going to introduce the reader to the existence of ISO 17025 and its importance. I am going to introduce it in bite-sized bits for easy digestion. Just like all matters of learning, knowledge is incremental over time and builds upon previous exposure. So, the first logical question is: […]
CRMs: Reference materials and standards
Before we had blogged on the importance of metrology and uncertainty reporting as well as advancing (or rather inching) towards ISO 17025. Part of the integrity of any sort of testing of unknowns has to do with the veracity of the sources of knowns against which the unknowns are compared. For if we do not […]
NIST based and reported expressions of uncertainty isn’t everything
While a lot has been made about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) traceable standards and NIST’s own reporting of uncertainty. There is a large mistake that has developed even among well-credentialed scientists in that NIST-based and reported expressions of Uncertainty Measurement (UM) are the be all and end all of the conversation […]
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