Summary of the EPPO Workshop on Flexible Scope - Wageningen, the Netherlands, 26 to 28 June 2017

Background Historically, the accreditation of laboratories was generally based on a fixed scope which should clearly and unambiguously define the tests covered by the laboratory’s accreditation (e.g. immunofluorescence test for the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum on potato tubers). However, this does not readily allow new or modified tests to be added to a laboratory’s scope, even when the competence of the laboratory in performing and validating related tests has already been evaluated by an accreditation body. Although applications for an extension to scope can be made at any time, the t... Mehr ...