{"id":4301,"date":"2019-11-12T06:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T06:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenas.go.ke\/?page_id=4301"},"modified":"2022-03-08T22:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:16:04","slug":"accreditation-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/?page_id=4301","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; preset=&#8221;mpc_preset_210&#8243; content_preset=&#8221;_mpc_preset_210&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1576692356201{margin-top: -65px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;accredit-stds&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1573209056164{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 3.75vw !important;padding-left: 3.75vw !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]KENAS operates accreditation schemes to the following international standards: Note \u2013 These standards can be purchased from the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinecatalogue.kebs.org\/webquery.dll\">National Standards Body.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>1. Certification Scheme<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list1\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/store\/catalogue_tc\/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=61651\">17021-1 \u201cConformity assessment \u2014 Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems \u2014 Part 1: Requirements\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/search.htm?qt=17024&amp;published=on&amp;active_tab=standards&amp;sort_by=rel\">ISO\/IEC 17024 \u201cConformity assessment General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/search.htm?qt=17065&amp;published=on&amp;active_tab=standards&amp;sort_by=rel\">ISO\/IEC 17065 \u201cGeneral requirements for bodies operating product certification systems.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>2. Inspection and Verification scheme<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list1\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/catalogue_detail?csnumber=52994\">ISO\/IEC 17020 2012- Conformity assessment \u2014 Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582048868894{margin-top: -10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5>3. Health and Safety scheme<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list1\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/store\/catalogue_tc\/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=56115\">Medical Laboratory Accreditation in accordance to ISO 15189 :2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Veterinary Laboratory accreditation in accordance to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/store\/catalogue_tc\/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=39883\">ISO 17025<\/a> +<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oie.int\/\"> OIE<\/a>\u2013 Quality standard and guidelines for Veterinary Laboratories : Infectious Diseases<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/store\/catalogue_tc\/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=29366\">Proficiency Testing Providers in accordance to ISO\/IEC 17043<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/search.htm?qt=15195&amp;published=on&amp;active_tab=standards&amp;sort_by=rel\">Medical Reference Measurement Laboratories in accordance to ISO 15195<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/search.htm?qt=17025&amp;published=on&amp;active_tab=standards&amp;sort_by=rel\">Pharmaceutical Laboratories in accordance to ISO\/IEC 17025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>4. Testing and Calibration Scheme<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list1\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/search.htm?qt=17025&amp;sort=rel&amp;type=simple&amp;published=on\">ISO\/IEC 17025:2005 \u2013 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;second-footer-2-widget-area&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row tm_bgcolor=&#8221;skincolor&#8221; tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; break_in_responsive=&#8221;991&#8243; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1573220774517{margin-bottom: -82px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;tm-reset-content-center-991-ca&#8221; tm_responsive_css=&#8221;82034059|colbreak_no|||||||||colbreak_no|||||||83px||colbreak_no||||||||||colbreak_no|||||||||&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550058983679{padding-top: 7px !important;padding-right: 8px !important;}&#8221; tm_responsive_css=&#8221;96228052|colbreak_no|||||||||colbreak_no||||||15px|||colbreak_no||||||||||colbreak_no|||||||||&#8221;][tm-custom-heading text=&#8221;Do you need any help? Call +254 725 227 640&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25px|text_align:right|line_height:38px&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;no&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Poppins%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550058967984{padding-left: 37px !important;}&#8221; tm_responsive_css=&#8221;13898235|colbreak_no|||||||||colbreak_no||||||||15px|colbreak_no||||||||||colbreak_no|||||||||&#8221;][tm-btn title=&#8221;GET ACCREDITED&#8221; style=&#8221;outline&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fkenas.go.ke%2Faccreditation-process%2F|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; preset=&#8221;mpc_preset_210&#8243; content_preset=&#8221;_mpc_preset_210&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1576692356201{margin-top: -65px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;accredit-stds&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1573209056164{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 3.75vw !important;padding-left: 3.75vw !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]KENAS operates accreditation schemes to the following international standards: Note \u2013 These standards can be purchased from the National Standards Body. 1. Certification Scheme 17021-1 \u201cConformity assessment \u2014 Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/?page_id=4301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accreditation Standards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7546,"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4301\/revisions\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenas-blog.crestwood.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}