Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation
Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation
BLA staff
Testing Laboratory Accreditation
Proficiency Testing
Database of Laboratory
List of Publication
BLA Journal
Thai version
Darunee Vachararaungvit
Darunee Vachararaungvit
Director of Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation

The Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation consists of 4 sections

Laboratory Accreditation Section

The Laboratory Accreditation Section is responsible for providing a testing laboratory accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025 and Proficiency Testing Provider accreditation according to ILAC-G13 and ISO/IEC Guide 43-1. The aims of its responsibilities for potentiality and competency improvement of the laboratory in order to accomplish Mutual Recognition Arrangement by international economics.

Activities

Activity 1 to provide an accreditation service for testing laboratories and accomplish Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Activity 2 to promote, support and upgrade the laboratory within Thailand by setting up educational management systems and related technical training programmes including the implement and continuous improvement of laboratory quality assurance.

Activity 3 to provide testing laboratory accreditation service according to ISO/IEC 17025 for scopes in the fields of Physical Testing, Chemical Testing and Biological Testing eg. Sugar and sugar products, Foods, Animal feeds and related products, Food packaging and related materials, Natural rubber and rubber products, Shoes and leather products, Plastic products, Ceramic and glass products, Chemical (non-pharmaceutical products), Petrochemical products (intermediate and downstream), Environment, Paper making and paper products and others.

Activity 4 to provide Proficiency Testing Provider accreditation service according to ILAC-G13 and ISO/IEC Guide 43-1 for scopes in the fields of calibration, testing and medical testing.


Proficiency Testing Section

The Proficiency Testing Section is responsible for organizing proficien testing programs following international standard.The proficiency testing programs include serveral technicques, i.e. chemistry, biochemistry, electrochemistry, physics, and microbiology.The programs also help strengthening competence of the laboratories who have participated.

Activities

  1. Set up quality system for conducting proficiency testing programs following ISO/IEC Guide43
  2. Survay the number of laboratories in Thailand to join proficiency testing program
  3. Organise trainings concerning proficiency testing management
  4. Organise trainings concerning techniques in chemistry, physic and microbiological testing

Laboratory Performance Database Section

The responsibilities of Laboratory Performance Database Section are according to the following Conducted a survey of the scientific laboratories. Access laboratory database and create laboratory indicess of Thailand Managed the information of laboratory database on wesite http://index.dss.go.th
Information and Promotion Section

Whose function involves providing information relating to laboratory quality system, training courses such as laboratory quality system and being accessor and other knowledge and information concerning laboratory system.The goal of this section is to develop networking system of laboratories in Thailand, as well as producing information leaflets and publication.