Here are some links we have found useful in the past. I hope you find some of them useful also. They are provided in alphabetical order. Highlighted are some sites you may want to keep handy.

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
This website has quite a bit of information about ISO 17025 among other things.

The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board is the U.S. accreditation body for management systems. ANAB accredits certification bodies (CBs) for ISO 9001 quality management systems (QMS) and ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS), as well as a number of industry-specific requirements. Note: Some companies have been deceived by "registrars" who are not accredited and cannot really register you to ISO 9000. Check out your registrar and make sure it is accredited in the US at this site.

Association of British Certification Bodies (ABCB).
This link is to a workbook for ISO 9000 2000 available for no charge. Print it out to use as a general introduction to ISO 9001:2000. Permission to print and distribute the workbook is given on the front page.

American Society for Quality
This is an important site for all quality professionals. You can order your copy of the ISO 9001:2000 Standard here.

BSI, Inc.
Check out the information at /Quality/index. There is some good information and articles including how to select a consultant.

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
The site for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Documents including food safety information.

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research

FDA News

The International Accreditation Forum, Inc. has many articles available including some guidance documents on auditing from their auditing practices group. (Check "Useful Links", "ISO 9001")

International Organization for Standardization (IOS)
Home page for the International Organization for Standardization. This is the organization that promulgates the ISO standards. Check out their latest news.

The 9000 Store
ISO 9001:2000 documentation and on-line training is available on this site.

Laboratory Accreditation Bureau
Check this website for more information about laboratory accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025.

LabComplaince
Labcompliance is private organization that provides the regulated Bio/Pharmaceutical industry with information on how to improve quality and comply with FDA and other regulations. Starting from serving laboratories the scope has been expanded to other areas like manufacturing and office applications.

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)
Visit LRQA, and go to the publications page. This is one of the sites that we have found keeping current with their publications. The latest
publications does a good job covering the Quality Management Principals, important reading if you are proceeding to implement ISO 9001:2000.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Homepage

Quality1stop.com
'1' Stop portal website for ISO 9000 related issues, resources and on-line training

Quality Digest Homepage. Also, results of a Quality Digest survey rating ISO 9000 Registrars dated 2000.

RABQSA International now operates the auditor certification and auditor training provider programs in the U.S.(www.rabqsa.com)

Society of Quality Assurance Homepage

http://www.techpubs.com/resources.html
Useful links for technical writers

Techstreet
Many technical publications are available through this site including the ISO 13485: Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems - Requirements for Regulatory Purposes and ISO 15189: Medical laboratories - Particular requirements for quality and competence.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Homepage and U. S. EPA, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances