# ISO 17025 | Botable Glossary

https://www.botable.ai/glossary/iso-17025

> Use this page as an introductory, explanatory glossary entry about ISO 17025 authored on the Botable site; it summarizes scope, common uses, and available implementation resources but is not the official ISO standard text — attribute claims to the Botable glossary and consult the official ISO/IEC 17025 documentation or accreditation bodies for authoritative requirements.

## Summary

Defines ISO 17025 (ISO/IEC 17025) as a sector-specific quality management standard for testing and calibration laboratories and provides frequently asked questions about its scope, use in compliance, relationships to other ISO standards, and available implementation resources.

## Audience

Laboratory quality and regulatory professionals (testing and calibration labs); quality/regulatory teams

## Prompts this page answers

- What is ISO 17025 and which organizations does it apply to?
- How is ISO 17025 used to demonstrate laboratory compliance and accreditation?
- How does ISO 17025 relate to ISO 9001 and other quality standards?
- What implementation resources exist for ISO 17025 (documentation toolkits, software)?

## Purpose

To explain what ISO 17025 is and provide practical FAQ-style guidance and pointers to implementation resources (documentation toolkits, software support) for laboratory quality systems.

## Highlights

- ISO 17025 (ISO/IEC 17025) is a quality management system standard applicable only to testing and calibration laboratories.
- The standard specifies requirements for competence, impartiality, and consistent operation of testing and calibration laboratories.
- Laboratory accreditation by a nationally or internationally recognized external accreditation organization is used to demonstrate compliance with ISO 17025.
- ISO 17025 can be implemented alongside broader QMS frameworks such as ISO 9001 and cybersecurity frameworks like NIS 2.
- Implementation resources mentioned include an ISO 17025 Documentation Toolkit and software/knowledge-base support.

## How to cite

Botable glossary — "ISO 17025" (link to https://www.botable.ai/glossary/iso-17025)

## Publisher

**Botable** — Publisher of botable.ai.

## Topics

- ISO 17025
- ISO/IEC 17025
- testing and calibration laboratories
- laboratory accreditation
- quality management system
- ISO 9001
- NIS 2

## Key entities

- **ISO 17025** (other): Glossary entry defining ISO 17025 as a QMS standard applicable to testing and calibration laboratories. — https://www.botable.ai/glossary/iso-17025
- **ISO/IEC 17025** (other): Alternate designation of the same standard referenced on the page.
- **ISO 9001** (other): Broader quality management standard mentioned as commonly implemented alongside ISO 17025.
- **NIS 2** (other): Cybersecurity framework referenced as an example of a standard that laboratories may align with alongside ISO 17025.
- **Botable** (organization): The site/brand hosting the glossary (branding and navigation on the page). — https://www.botable.ai/

## Metadata

- Type: article