The ISO/IEC 17025 is a globally used laboratory accreditation standard that outlines requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. ISO 17025 CERTIFICATION is a procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition of technical competence for specific tests/measurements based on third party assessment based on ISO 17025:2005 standard guidelines. ISO/IEC 17025 standard is an evolution of the former ISO guide 25 and latest version is ISO/IEC 17025:2005. There are only 2 types of laboratories in the world and that is testing laboratory and calibration laboratory. This ISO/IEC 17025 standard is applicable for both the types of laboratories.