Last Updated on January 5, 2024 by The Health Master
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) has suspended the accreditation of 80 labs in the country for non-compliance with norms.
These include seven calibration laboratories, 58 medical laboratories, and 15 testing laboratories.
The suspension status is imposed for a maximum period of six months for the scope of accreditation, and if not lifted, then accreditation will be withdrawn.
According to NABL, when a conformity assessment body (CAB), remains in the “suspended” category for six months and has not met the condition for revoking the suspension status even after six months within valid accreditation, then the accreditation will be withdrawn.
NABL is an accreditation body, with its accreditation system established in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011.
“Conformity Assessment –Requirements for Accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.”
NABL provides voluntary accreditation services to testing laboratories in accordance with:
- ISO/IEC 17025 ‘General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories,”
- Calibration laboratories in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 ‘General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories,”
- Medical testing laboratories in accordance with ISO 15189 “Medical Laboratories—Requirements for Quality and Competence,”
- Proficiency testing providers (PTP) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17043 “Conformity assessment—General requirements for proficiency testing”
- Reference material producers (RMP) in accordance with ISO 17034 “General requirements for the competence of reference material producers.”
Commercial Testing Laboratories
Medical Devices Testing Laboratories (MDTLs)
List of Laboratory instruments
Latest Notifications: Testing Laboratories
NABL is a Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA) signatory to ILAC as well as APAC for the accreditation of:
- Testing and Calibration Laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025),
- Medical Testing Laboratories (ISO 15189),
- Proficiency Testing Providers (PTP) (ISO/IEC 17043)
- Reference materials producers (RMP).
Such MRA reduces the technical barrier to trade and facilitates the acceptance of test and calibration results between the countries that MRA partners represent.
NABL has been established with the objective of providing the government, industry associations, and industry in general with a scheme of CAB accreditation that involves third-party assessment of the technical competence of testing, including medical and calibration laboratories, proficiency testing providers, and reference material producers.
Accreditation process details are provided in NABL 100B, “Accreditation Process & Procedure.”
NABL is self-financing and charges fees to CABs to cover operational costs and other expenditure.
NABL offers accreditation services in a non-discriminatory manner.
These services are accessible to all testing, including medical and calibration laboratories, proficiency testing providers, and reference material producers in India and other countries in the region, regardless of the size of the applicant CAB, its membership in any association or group, or the number of CABs already accredited by NABL.
Latest Notifications: Testing Laboratories
NABL 164 released : Guidelines for Inter-laboratory comparison
NABL releases NABL 136: specific criteria for X-Ray equipment
NABL: List of NABL Accredited Testing Laboratories
NABL 126: Specific criteria for calibration of Medical Devices
NPPA fixes Retail Price of 4 scheduled formulations: January 2023
Medical Oxygen plants to be put on digital map
NPPA fixes retail price of 36 formulations: January 2023
JIPMER: Nursing Officer 2022 result declared, Download
USFDA gives approval for Febuxostat tablets
Sale of coronary stents: High Court seeks stand of Centre and NPPA
IPC publishes draft monograph revision proposals
List of approved FDCs (Fixed Dose Combinations) Updated
List of approved New Drugs Updated
Latest Notifications regarding Pharmaceutical
For informative videos by The Health Master, click on the below YouTube icon:
For informative videos on Medical Store / Pharmacy, click on the below YouTube icon:
For informative videos on the news regarding Pharma / Medical Devices / Cosmetics / Homoeopathy etc., click on the below YouTube icon:
For informative videos on consumer awareness, click on the below YouTube icon:
