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Why the United States needs NACLA Recognition of
Accreditation Bodies
One Accreditation Body’s Perspective
As an Accreditation Body in the US we believe in the following:
National (National Interests)
Cooperation (we all cooperate for the common purpose, vision and objective)
Laboratory (the makers of data that decisions are based on)
Accreditation (third-party attestation (witness demonstration) of competence by a competent person)
National Interests • Protection of citizens (safety, security, health,
etc.)
• Very important work for common good
• Do we as a country have needs outside of the rest of the world when it comes to data and the integrity of data?
• Do we need to push our interests?
• Do others have the same interests?
Cooperation
• Started strong in NACLA
• Individuals in private AB’s became part of problem and not the solution
• We must right that wrong
• Facts are facts and politics have no right to stand in the way of cooperation and national interests
Laboratories
• Laboratory technicians are who we all work for. These are the people who make data … we all just use it.
• Laboratory technicians only need us to supply them with the tools to do their job and leave them alone.
• The key is in the level of tools needed and do they have everything they need
Accreditation• Third Party coming in to confirm all the tools
are there for someone – The key here is for whom are the confirmations
(attestations) done– Other AB’s– Regulators?– Specifiers?– The labs themselves?– National Interests?