{"id":89,"date":"2020-01-27T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aqualab.pt\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2023-03-10T18:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:16:27","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/quality\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The accreditation process consists of the evaluation and recognition of the technical competence of entities to carry out specific conformity assessment activities (e.g. tests, calibrations, certifications and inspections).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kobu-custom-blocks-responsive-spacer responsive-spacer size-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This process is subject to community legislation, which requires harmonized work, verified through a system of peer review. As a result, each EU Member State (and EFTA) designated a single national accreditation body. In Portugal, this mission was assigned to the IPAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IPAC holds an annual audit in order to demonstrate that an entity &#8211; in this case, AQUALAB &#8211; maintains the level of compliance in their tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kobu-custom-blocks-responsive-spacer responsive-spacer size-medium\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AQUALAB and Accreditation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kobu-custom-blocks-responsive-spacer responsive-spacer size-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> \u2014 Aqualab accredits 26 tests in the water matrix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> \u2014 Accreditation of water sampling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong> \u2014 Accreditation of Research and Quantification of Legionella pneumophila by PCR in Real-Time, Research of Salmonella sp., Smell and Taste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2014 Accreditation of Testing for food matrices and swabs and their collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kobu-custom-blocks-responsive-spacer responsive-spacer size-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, AQUALAB has accredited the tests contained in the Technical Annex L0417, which can be viewed by clicking on the accreditation links below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kobu-custom-blocks-responsive-spacer responsive-spacer size-medium\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DOWNLOADS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/files\/uploads\/2023\/03\/L0417A12022-10-16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Anexo T\u00e9cnico de Acredita\u00e7\u00e3o L0417-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/files\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lista_Ensaios-Acreditacao_Flexivel-_Ed14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lista de Ensaios sob Acredita\u00e7\u00e3o Flex\u00edvel Interm\u00e9dia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accreditation process consists of the evaluation and recognition of the technical competence of entities to carry out specific conformity assessment activities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-with-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page-entry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4645,"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/4645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqualab.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}