The number of accredited laboratories in the world shown considerable growth in the last 2 decades. These laboratories are from different institutions, such as national or multinational organizations, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Research Institutes (RI). This paper presents and comments on the current landscape of accreditation, from the point of view of testing and calibration laboratories under the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, in Europe. Laboratories accredited by signatory bodies of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement (ILAC MRA) were identified and classified by institution type. The results were compared with those obtained in a previous research on the American Continent. An upward trend in the number of accredited laboratories with the increase in the population and/or GDP was observed in EU countries. Several similar characteristics were found in both regions, America and Europe. Nevertheless, a strong regulation in specifics areas seems to be higher in Europe and a smaller disparity was observed between European countries. Besides, as accreditation of laboratories in HEI and RI presents additional difficulties, the identification of these laboratories will be used as a basis for future work.

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欧洲实验室认可的现状

在过去的 20 年中，世界上获得认可的实验室数量显着增加。这些实验室来自不同的机构，例如国家或跨国组织、高等教育机构 (HEI) 和研究机构 (RI)。本文从欧洲 ISO/IEC 17025 标准下的测试和校准实验室的角度介绍和评论了当前的认证格局。国际实验室认可合作互认安排 (ILAC MRA) 签署机构认可的实验室按机构类型进行识别和分类。将结果与之前对美洲大陆的研究中获得的结果进行了比较。在欧盟国家，随着人口和/或 GDP 的增加，经认可的实验室数量呈上升趋势。在美洲和欧洲这两个地区都发现了几个相似的特征。尽管如此，欧洲在特定领域的严格监管似乎更高，欧洲国家之间的差异较小。此外，由于 HEI 和 RI 实验室的认证存在额外的困难，这些实验室的鉴定将作为未来工作的基础。