Hi!
I would present this situation:
We have one microbiological test accredited by one accreditation organism in my country. This test says 2 days for incubation samples.
The customer is according with made the incubation for 72 hours ( because of there is a weak end), (this time not modified the final result ) so my questions is:
a) is this a non conforming work ?
b) In the report I write a legend for no conforming work and the report have the logo of accreditation organism? or
c) the report wil be without legend and without logo?
I have a lot of auditories and the auditors no are in accord sometimes .One person say OK an other say no!!!!!! it is no noconforming work and without logo!!!
I hope that you can understand me!!!!
Thank you for your opinion!!!!!
Hello.
I am assuming you are working in a testing laboratory, rather than calibration... (I also think a forum for ISO 17025 would be good)
If, for example, the microbiology test was aerobic colony count and you were incubating for 2 days, rather than 3 days as stated in the ISO method, it would be classed as a '
deviation' from the standard, rather than a non-conformance.
This should be acceptable to do, as long as you add a 'deviation' section onto your method to state that incubation is for 48 hrs rather than 72 hrs and have validation to prove that method is still fit for purpose using this incubation time.
So your questions:
a) No, as above. It should be a deviation rather than a non-conformance.
b & c) No legend should be required to say that it is non-conforming. However, you could add a legend to state that test incubation is for 48hrs on test report. If the test is accredited, (and deviation accepted by accreditation body) you may use the symbol of the accreditation body.
Hope this helps
Pops