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About NABL Established with the objective to provide Government and Industry with a scheme for third third--party assessment of testing, calibration & medical laboratories. laboratories. NCTCF Program started in 1981 in DST (175 labs accredited under the scheme) Govt. of India adopted a new policy on economic Govt. liberalization in 1991 Renamed as NABL and aligned to International Standard in 1993
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Objectives of NABL ¾ Promote & Implement Accreditation system for laboratories ¾ Provide timely accreditation services to laboratories ¾ Create awareness on Laboratory Accreditation ¾ Maintain datadata-base for Assessors & Monitor Performance ¾ Undertake training programs for Assessors & NABL Staff ¾ Operate mechanisms for Complaints and Appeals ¾ Maintain linkages with ILAC & APLAC through meetings ¾ Promote MRA with other ABs for acceptance of test reports
Registered as an Autonomous Body under the Societies Act in 1998
Implementation of Program NABL grants accreditation to testing & calibration laboratories as per ISO/IEC 17025 and medical laboratories as per ISO 15189. 15189. NABL operates its own system as per ISO/IEC 17011. 17011. NABL Accreditation program is voluntary. voluntary. NABL is signatory to Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (APLAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangements Co(MRA) and International Laboratory Accreditation Co Co-operation (ILAC) MRA since 2000. 2000. Undergone rere-evaluation in 2004 and 2008 (medical included).. included) Next evaluation due in July 2012. 2012.
Recognition by Government & Regulators CGHS and Government Hospital Laboratories Bureau of Energy Efficiency Food Safety and Standards Authority of India State Electricity Boards Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Dev Dev.. Authority Telecom Engineering Centre Central Pollution Control Boards Export Inspection Agency Tea Board, Coffee Board, Spices Board Judiciary also relies on accredited forensic laboratories Insurance companies can rely on reports of medical labs
Global Acceptance of Reports Test reports issued by an NABL accredited laboratory is considered equivalent to those issued by ILAC/APLAC MRA partners. Global MRA has network of ~35,000 Accredited labs from 55 economies.
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NABL Assessor’s Training Course Calendar – Year 2011
Assessors Training Programs
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NABL organizes its own Assessors’ training courses as per ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 15189.
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NABL has organized Assessors’ training courses for Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Mauritius & Mongolia.
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NABL has trained over 1000 assessors out of which 829 are presently empanelled.
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NABL actively participates in APLAC evaluations 8 NABL Officers have participated as APLAC / ILAC evaluation team members for 19 Accreditation Bodies, major are:
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NABL Proficiency Testing Programs ¾ 105 PT programs in Testing ¾ 94 completed
NABL--NPL Proficiency Testing Programs NABL ¾ 48 PT Programs are initially proposed.
Australia, Japan, USA, Russia, China, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka etc.
¾ 6 Programs are completed with satisfactory performance of laboratories. ¾ 22 Programs are in process. ¾ 20 Programs are in plan. (as per ISO/IEC Guide 43)
New Areas of APLAC MRA Accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers Accreditation of Reference Material Producers
Accreditation of Proficiency Testing Providers Proficiency Testing (PT) Schemes for calibration laboratories in cooperation with the National Metrological Institute (NPL) (NPL).. The number of PT Schemes needed to cover PT participation requirements of laboratories is becoming difficult difficult.. Organized two orientation programs on “Accreditation of Proficiency Testing Provider” as per the new international standard ISO/IEC 17043 “Conformity Assessment Assessment-- General Requirements of Proficiency Testing”. Testing”. MoU between NABL and PTB, Germany for Accreditation of Proficiency Testing (PT) Providers Providers.. This program is expected to be launched by the end of 2011 2011..
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Accreditation of Reference Materials Producers NABL plans to initiate Accreditation of Reference Materials Producers.. Reference materials are presently imported Producers and are expensive expensive.. Since there is a apprehensions of whether there are sufficient numbers of potential RM Producers in India, the management of NABL has recently decided to first organize capacity building programs to develop Reference Materials Producers in the country. country. For this purpose, NABL is under process to identify organizations for conducting capacity building building..
Customer Profile
Customer Profile Govt. Department Laboratories (approx 200) : Department of Atomic Energy Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ministry of Commerce & Industry Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Ministry of Defence Ministry of Environment & Forests Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry of Power Ministry of Small Scale Industries Ministry of Textiles Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Customer Profile
Private Organization Laboratories:
Private Organization Laboratories:
Torrent Pharmaceutical Ltd., Gujarat
SGS India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Chennai, Thane
Maruti Udyog Ltd. (Polymer Laboratory), Gurgaon
UltraTech Cement Limited, Anantapur Dist.
TATA Power/TISCO/TATA Refractories / TATA Steel
Birla Cement Works, Chittorgarh
Reliance Industries Ltd., Hazira, Jamnagar & Coimbatore
Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai
HCL ltd., Chennai
Raymond Limited – Denim Division, Yavatmal
GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore
Godfrey Philips India Limited, Mumbai
TUV Sud South Asia Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Mumbai, Tirupur
Sundaram Auto Components Ltd, Hosur
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Medak & Palakkad
Whirlpool of India Limited, Pune
ITC R&D Centre, Bangalore
Blue Star Limited, Chennai, New Delhi & Kolkata
MICO Application Centre (MICO Bosch Group), Bangalore
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Metrology Lab), Kandivili
MRF – R&D Corporate Technical, Chennai
Wipro Technologies, Bangalore ……………….. & many more
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Customer Profile Private Medical Testing Laboratories :
Customer Profile Cross Border Laboratory Accreditation
SRL Ranbaxy Limited, Mumbai Dr. Lal Path Labs Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi
SGS Bangladesh Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Max Labs 24X7, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata
Textile Training & Services Centre – Textile Testing Laboratory, Sri Lanka
Wockhardt Laboratory Services, Bangalore TATA Memorial Hospital – Diagnostic Services, Mumbai
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Lanka) Ltd., Sri Lanka
B. M. Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata
SGS Lanka Pvt. Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
ITS Labtest, Bangladesh
Manipal Acunova – Central Reference Laboratory, Bangalore Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Clinical Laboratory Services, New Delhi Metropolis Health Services (India) private Limited, Mumbai
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