Standards

Accreditation and certification are very much about following specific standards. Here is a summary of the standards that are applied in Swedac’s activities.

For accreditation bodies

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17011
Swedac and other accreditation bodies follow this standard.

Accreditation

SWEDAC accredits bodies in areas where the following standards must be met:

Laboratories

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17025
SS-EN ISO/IEC 15189 (some laboratories in health care)

Certification bodies

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17021-1 (management systems)
SS-EN ISO/IEC 17024 (persons)
SS-EN ISO/IEC 17065 (products)
EMAS

Inspection bodies

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17020

Bodies for validation and verification

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17029
SS-EN ISO 14065 (greenhouse gases)

Organisers of the programmes for proficiency testing

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17043

Producers of reference materials

SS-EN ISO/IEC 17034

Certification

Swedac accredits certification bodies that certify according to the following standards:

Management systems, example

SS-EN ISO 9001 (quality management systems)
SS-EN ISO 14001 (environmental management systems)
ISO 50001 (energy management systems)
ISO 27001 (information security management systems
SIS-ISO 45001 (work environment management systems)
SS-EN ISO 13485 (medical devices management systems)

Products and processes

This area contains a diversity of requirements documents.

Person

The area contains a diversity of requirements documents.