Konformitätsbewertung und Akkreditierung

Conformity assessment and accreditation
Collection of standards and systematic introduction

(Please note: This publication is only available in German.)

Declarations of conformity and accreditations are an effective means of ensuring high standards. They are designed to reduce risks, simplify processes and enable security and cooperation. For this reason, strict requirements must be placed on the associated processes and controls.

This compendium of standards “Conformity assessment and accreditation” brings together a large number of documents from this field. It provides those responsible for quality assurance and management, process control, monitoring and certification with quick access to valuable information. The documents included were all selected by DAkkS experts and cover the following topics, among others:

• Explanation of terms
• Guidelines
• Requirements for conformity assessment bodies and accreditation bodies
• Requirements regarding environmental information
• Requirements regarding medical laboratories
• Requirements regarding inspection centres
• Requirements regarding certifying management systems
• Requirements regarding certifying personnel
   

Thematic comprehensive approach with basic knowledge and standards

“Conformity assessment and accreditation” is an extremely thorough book which, with its well-founded introduction and 24 selected documents, leaves no questions unanswered on the subject. The standards are organized according to the level system of the accreditation system: From the basic standards at Level 0 to Level 5 requirements documents, this book contains many important documents — and helpful information in the introduction, including about the level system itself.

In over 1500 pages in its first edition, the publication provides:

• Basic knowledge
  The application of standards by authorities and the application by conformity assessment bodies are presented, the seven-level system in the accreditation system is presented and the individual levels are explained in detail. The special status of the ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 standards — also included in this collection — is also discussed.
   
• 19 standards in German
  The two core standards for conformity assessment, DIN EN ISO/IEC 17000 and DIN ISO/IEC 17007 in their respective current versions, are among the standards collected here in German. There are also many specific standards.
   
• 3 Corrigenda
   
• 3 standards translated into English

“Conformity assessment and accreditation” is a publication which, thanks to its detailed, expert introduction and sensible selection of documents, is an invaluable aid for people working in the field of conformity and accreditation bodies.
 

Included in this book:

• Introduction
• The level system in accreditation
• Special status of ISO 9000 and ISO 9001
• Documents

This book is for:
DAkkS employees, external DAkkS experts, accreditation bodies, market surveillance authorities, environmental authorities, authorities in the field of healthcare facilities, implementing state authorities