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As the title suggests, our company plans to establish an external testing center dedicated to testing aspects such as pharmaceuticals, pesticide residues, and water quality. It is scheduled to become operational next year. What are some of the key issues that need to be considered during the setup process, such as equipment, installation, laboratory facilities, staffing, etc.? Additionally, what are the current legal requirements? Please advise.
To set up an external laboratory, it is necessary to obtain certification; there are also relevant qualification requirements regarding the staffing. The necessary qualifications for personnel to meet the certification requirements can be prepared by referring to the relevant certification standards. Of course, some private laboratories don’t have very high requirements at the moment; as long as the results they produce are believed to be accurate, they can still secure some business. For example, in our area there are many companies in the metallurgy industry, and as a result there are numerous small laboratories; even those that can only conduct three or four types of tests manage to survive. As for the laboratory’s hardware configuration and layout, it should be planned under the guidance of someone with experience in setting up laboratories, based on the actual testing tasks to be carried out. ======================================================= The following is a quote from Teacher Q in a forum post for reference: Based on the items to be tested, along with the instruments, equipment, and auxiliary facilities required by the standard analytical methods, plus some conventional laboratory equipment, it is possible to create a list. It’s like cooking; you need to prepare a table full of drinks*. For that, you need main ingredients, side ingredients, kitchen utensils, oils, salts, sauces, vinegar, pots and pans, tables, chairs, mops, trash bins, sinks, gas stoves, range hoods………… And there also need to be several chefs to handle the cooking.