SPHERE LAB: An accredited body for ecotoxicological risk assessment.

The project will bring part of the SPHERE research group to ISO 17025 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories" accreditation. The main activities of the project are all focused on different points of the ISO standard: validation of methods, training of personnel, establishing a quality management system, etc. Additionally we foresee a limited investment in equipment which needs to be compliant to the standard in terms of validation possibilities and the prevention of use by SPHERE members not trained in the quality system. As to valorization, we will operate as a service lab with an open eye for spinoff creation in the future.

Keywords:ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Disciplines:Environmental impact and risk assessment