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Accreditation Activity

At the end of 2015, A2LA had 2,911 actively accredited Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United
certificates representing all 50 states, Aruba, Australia, Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. (Note:
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, The organizations in foreign economies pursued accredi-
Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, tation from A2LA due mostly to their desire to meet U.S.
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, regulatory requirements.) A comparison of laboratories
Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 in various fields of testing
India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, and calibration with previous years is shown in Table 4.
Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, People’s Republic of Table 5 shows the number of organizations accredited in
China, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi A2LA’s additional accreditation programs in 2015.
Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,

TABLE 4
Field of Testing A&V Bio Cal Chem CMT Ele Env Geo Mech NDT Ther IT Foren Sus Total

Dec 31, 2015 20 251 682 462 76 312 58 39 784 31 9 16 5 6 2751
Dec 31, 2014 19 234 658 431 71 298 59 36 754 29 9 18 4 5 2625
Dec 31, 2013 19 218 622 393 66 286 62 34 734 29 8 18 3 6 2498
Dec 31, 2012 18 195 580 378 67 270 63 34 714 23 9 14 4 4 2373
Dec 31, 2011 18 172 566 359 70 247 58 35 687 21 9 16 1 - 2259
Dec 31, 2010 20 160 545 334 74 224 52 35 649 18 8 15 - - 2134
Dec 31, 2009 21 127 543 317 77 219 42 36 646 19 7 13 - - 2067
Dec 31, 2008 20 106 530 284 76 210 39 39 643 19 6 11 - - 1983
Dec 31, 2007 22 95 504 270 72 200 41 37 638 18 7 5 - - 1909
Dec 31, 2006 23 87 482 250 70 198 39 36 648 19 7 - - - 1859
Dec 31, 2005 21 70 453 235 70 189 40 36 652 19 8 - - - 1793
Dec 31, 2004 22 59 422 231 73 160 48 35 641 24 8 - - - 1723
Dec 31, 2003 22 44 379 216 74 157 50 34 646 23 6 - - - 1651
Dec 31, 2002 21 37 356 207 72 146 59 35 648 23 8 - - - 1612

TABLE 5 Medical Proficiency Reference Inspection Product
Laboratories Testing Providers Material Producers Bodies
Accreditation ISO 15189 ISO/IEC 17043 Certification Bodies TOTAL
Program ISO Guide 34 ISO/IEC 17020
13 32 ISO/IEC Guide 65
24 64
as of Dec 31, 2015 26 159

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