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This book the first of its kind in India is a multipurpose manual for infusing quality in the laboratory services which presents do-it-yourself operational prescriptions a work bench view and also the guidance for the laboratory managers which shall go a long way for the highly desired quality assurance. The volume provides essential information to enable the designing of laboratory procedures and infrastructure establishment of quality systems and technical competence and guidance to meet criteria of conformity assessments by accreditation bodies both national or foreign in accordance with the latest ISO standard 17025:1999. The Manual very lucidly gives the essential requirements of quality standards in setting up laboratories and the all round guidance for meeting the requirements of laboratory accreditation. It is specially suited to serve the laboratory managers technical and systems personnel in the laboratories engineering professionals students rights activists and social workers pressing for quality and accountability in spheres of business and human welfare professionals in commerce trade and media and also the quality practitioners related to laboratory services. About the Author Pamposh Kumar is a scientist with Department of Science and Technology Ministry of Science and Technology (GoI) New Delhi. An organic chemist he has had wide experience at the National Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) especially as convener for accreditation of clinical forensic and DNA fingerprinting laboratories and with the documentation for the NABL accreditation system. He was involved in drawing up the technical criteria for these fields of testing for accreditation at NABL. He also has a long experience in coordination and management of sponsored research and technology development. Prior to this he was a researcher at the National Institute of Immunology New Delhi. He is a life member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). V. P. S. Tomar is a scientist in the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Ministry of Science and Technology (GOI) New Delhi. A mechanical engineer by qualification he has had a long stint at the National Board for Testing and calibration Laboratories (NABL) New Delhi. He has been involved with accreditation of mechanical testing laboratories as convener and also the documentation for the NABL accreditation previously he held senior positions in the area of quality assurance/quality control.