Starna has announced accreditation to the new Reference Material Producer (RMP) ISO 17034 Accreditation for its Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for Photometry Instrument Performance Verification (IPV). Starna can support laboratories accredited to the new ISO/IEC 17025:2017, where for the first time there are clear and unambiguous statements in the standard that “Certified values of certified reference materials from RMPs conforming to ISO 17034 provide metrological traceability” and “RMPs fulfilling the requirements of ISO 17034 are considered to be competent”.
Starna Scientific Ltd was the first laboratory to be accredited to ISO Guide 34 by UKAS, No. “4001” in 2006. They have now been successfully assessed according to the requirements of the recently published ISO 17034:2016 Standard.