Saudi Accreditation Center

It is the verification of the technical competence of the laboratory to perform specific types of testing, measurements and calibrations in specific fields such as laboratories for testing electrical, chemical, petroleum, building and construction products, measurement and calibration laboratories, and other fields. The Saudi Accreditation Center accredits laboratories in all fields according to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories). It also accredits medical laboratories according to the international standard ISO 15189 (Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Quality and Competence), which provides the customers of these laboratories with confidence in the quality of the services that these laboratories provide.

It is the verification of a laboratory's technical competence to perform specific types of tests, providing the clients of these laboratories with confidence in the quality of the services offered. The center accredits testing and calibration laboratories according to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025, as well as accrediting medical laboratories according to the international standard ISO/IEC 15189. It provides accreditation to manufacturers of reference materials according to the international standard ISO 17034, accredits proficiency testing providers according to the international standard ISO/IEC 17043, and, finally, accredits biobanks according to the international standard ISO 20387.

It is the evaluation of the technical competence of certification bodies in various fields such as management systems and certification of products, services and processes, which provides the customers of these bodies with confidence in the competence of the services they provide.

The center accredits these bodies according to the relevant standards for each field; namely, Certification of management systems in accordance with ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 (Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems ), certification of products, services and processes in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065 (Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services), as well as certification of persons in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17024 (General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons).