ILAC News 38

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Accreditation UpdateDubai Accreditation Department (DAC) celebratedWorld Accreditation day on 9 June 2010Dubai Accreditation Department (DAC)celebrated World Accreditation day on 9June 2010.Under the theme of ‘Global Acceptance’Dubai Accreditation Department celebratedWorld Accreditation day on 9 June 2010.An internal e-quiz competition at the levelof Dubai Municipality employees wasorganised. A total of 97 correct answers werereceived and three winners were selectedby draws conducted by Eng Salah AbdulRahman Al-Amiri, Assistant Director-Generalfor Environment and Public Health of DubaiMunicipality.Eng Salah Amiri conducting a draw to select the winners of the e-quiz competitionAs part of the celebrations DAC organiseda ceremony to award the 1st and 100thaccredited conformity assessment bodies inrecognition of their association with DACin the quest of quality and to encourage allconformity assessment bodies to participatein raising the quality of services providedto customers. The awards were given tothe 1st accredited - M/S Al Hoty StangerLaboratories, Dubai accredited in 2002 andthe 100th accredited - M/S TUV SUD MiddleEast, Dubai accredited in 2010.DAC re-structured technical taskforcesDAC technical committees and task forcesconducted their annual meetings afterrestructuring. DAC restructured four taskforces for laboratories (medical, calibration,food and environmental testing andconstruction material testing), one taskforce for inspection bodies (pressure vesselsinspection) and the personnel certificationtask force.Representatives from M/S Al Hoty Stanger Laboratories, Dubai and M/S TUV SUD Middle East, Dubaireceiving their awardsDAC will publish four new requirementdocuments by the end of 2010 followingreview by the task forces coveringcalibration, food and environmental testing,pressure vessels inspection, and personnelcertifications for crane operators.Meeting of DAC task force for medical laboratories22 Issue 38 | October 2010
DAC accredited first type “B”inspection bodyDAC accredited DP World TechnicalDepartment, Dubai as a type “B” inspectionbody in the field of lifting equipmentinspection. This is the first type “B”inspection body accredited by DAC.DAC’s accreditation schemes are receivingattention from all types of conformityassessment bodies.DAC training courses- Pressure Vessel Equipment InspectionDAC has conducted the second practicaltraining course this year for “Pressure VesselInspection”. The course was held from 26to 28 April 2010. A total of 28 delegatesfrom governmental and private InspectionBodies attended the course. DAC staff alsoparticipated in this training course. Thiscourse provided the basic knowledge andskills for the inspection of pressure vessels.It highlighted the special approach neededto develop the inspection of different typesof pressure equipment (vessels, boilers,pipelines, assemblies) and their safety andcontrol accessories.Ms Amina Ahmed, Director of DAC presenting the accreditation certificate to the Quality Director ofDP World, Dubai.Uncertainty of measurementDAC conducted the third public course thisyear on “uncertainty of measurement”. Thecourse was held from 17 to 19 May 2010.Twenty-two delegates from governmentaland private laboratories, representingdifferent types of testing, calibration andmedical laboratories, attended the course.Eng Lina Qudah, former director of DAC, wasthe resource person for the training course.Delegates at the training course on uncertainty of measurementEGAC holds a successful Seminar on ConformityAssessment for Medical DevicesOn 6 July the Egyptian AccreditationCouncil (EGAC) held a seminar onConformity Assessment for Medical Devicesas part of the EU/EGYPT TWINNINGPROJECT EG08-AA-TR11 activities toenhance building the capacity of EGAC.In his opening remarks and presentation,Eng Hassan Shaarawi the Executive directorof EGAC, explained EGAC’s mandate andobjectives and introduced its plan to developinto a full portfolio leading accreditationorganisation.Shaarwi also stated that EGAC since itsinception has accredited a total of 285conformity assessment bodies includingsome African and Arab laboratories andduring the last year alone trained more thana thousand participants.Then Mr Bright, a world class expert fromBSI presented the Medical Directives 93/42/EEC and 90/385/EE including 2007/47/ECand the classification of Medical devices,Declaration of Conformity and CE Marking.The presentation by Mr Lewis from BSI, arenowned expert, covered the Medicines& Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency(MHRA) in the UK including how the systemworks, the role of Notified Bodies, theDesignation Handbook and the Internationalupdates to Certification of Medical Devices.The seminar was successfully attendedby 70 participants from medical devicesmanufacturers, users, assessors, regulatorsand other stakeholders from both the Publicand private sector. The seminar concludedwith an open panel discussion that showeda great interest from the medical devicescommunity delegates in accreditation pavingthe way and to include this activity inEGAC’s Portfolio in the foreseeable future.ILAC News | Accreditation23
Page 5 and 6: ILAC MRA 10th AnniversaryThis year
Page 8 and 9: US Environmental Protection Agencyr
Page 10 and 11: International Updatecontinued from
Page 12 and 13: International UpdateOIMLOn the basi
Page 14 and 15: International Updatecontinued from
Page 16 and 17: Regional CooperationsFrom the APLAC
Page 18 and 19: Regional Cooperationscontinued from
Page 20 and 21: Regional Cooperationscontinued from
Page 22 and 23: Accreditation UpdateA2LA: Forensic
Page 26 and 27: Accreditation UpdateWorld Accredita
Page 28 and 29: Accreditation Updatecontinued from
Page 30 and 31: Accreditation UpdateKenya Accredita
Page 32 and 33: Accreditation UpdateWorld Accredita
Page 34 and 35: Accreditation UpdateAccreditation I
Page 36 and 37: Accreditation UpdateECA: The Accred
Page 38 and 39: Accreditation UpdateNews From TafBy
Page 40 and 41: Accreditation Updatecontinued from
Page 42 and 43: Stakeholderscontinued from previous

ILAC News 38

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?