Pelican BioThermal, a global provider of temperature-controlled packaging, has achieved accreditation for technical competency at its labs in the U.S. and Europe. The ISO/IEC 17025-2017 accreditation ensures the company’s laboratories in the U.S. and UK demonstrate consistent technical competency and implement the quality systems necessary to meet the high standards required to secure the internationally-recognized accreditation.
 
Greg Wheatley, Pelican BioThermal’s vice president of worldwide product development and engineering, said, “In order to receive this certification, Pelican BioThermal needed to demonstrate its technical competence, prove we operate a quality system, are impartial and can consistently generate technically valid results. Our global customers can confidently rely on our technical capabilities to achieve consistent quality in all of our laboratory operations.”
 
This independently assessed standard is used to confirm and recognize the competency, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories worldwide. The objectives of this ISO accreditation are to establish quality in laboratory testing and reliability to ensure results are reproducible, prevent risk, detect deviations and improve efficiency.