CMPB UI Receives Testing Laboratory Accreditation Certificate from National Accreditation Committee

The Center for Medical Physics and Biophysics (CMPB UI), one of the Applied Science Institutes (LST) of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI), has officially received the ISO 17025 certificate as a testing laboratory from the National Accreditation Committee (KAN) with accreditation number LP-1706-IDN.

This was conveyed by KAN through the Accreditation Decree numbered 1573/3.a.1/LAB/11/2022 on November 28, 2022.

Previously, CMPB UI had undergone a series of field assessment activities on June 20-21, 2022 at FMIPA UI, Depok, as a follow-up to the submission sent by FMIPA UI in October 2021.

Head of CMPB UI, Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, Ph.D. explained his commitment to implementing quality management and technical implementation of the scope of General Radiography, Mobile Radiography, Fluoroscopy, Computerized Tomography in accordance with ISO17025:2017.

He emphasized that CMPB UI certainly continues to prioritize its excellent service, namely the implementation of testing in a professional, honest manner and maintaining integrity.

"In addition to being an effort to guarantee service quality, ISO 17025 accreditation is also an indicator of recognition and excellence which is a requirement for the implementation of Conformity Testing for Testing Institutions appointed by the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) such as CMPB UI," said Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, Ph.D. as Head of CMPB UI to the FMIPA UI Public Relations team.

Until now, the community service institution that was previously under the auspices of the Medical Physics and Biophysics Laboratory (LFMB) of the Department of Physics, FMIPA UI has organized many diagnostic and interventional radiology X-ray testing activities for many hospitals from Aceh to Papua, 6 training batches of qualified examiners for diagnostic and interventional radiology X-ray machines, 7 training batches of radiation protection officers. In addition, CMPB UI has also organized 9 training batches for Medical Physicists and 7 residency batches for specialist medical physicists.

"CMPB UI has become a testing laboratory that has opened training services and radiology equipment suitability testing for many partner hospitals since 2014 under the Medical Physics and Biophysics Laboratory unit," he said.

Furthermore, the Center for Medical Physics and Biophysics (CMPB) of the Institute of Applied Sciences (LST) FMIPA Universitas Indonesia is given the right to use the KAN Accreditation Symbol in accordance with what is regulated in KAN U-03 concerning the Use of the KAN Accreditation Symbol and KAN U-01 concerning the Requirements and Rules for Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Institutions. The accreditation period is valid for 5 (five) years from November 28, 2022 - November 27, 2027, with the first surveillance scheduled between the 15th month and the 18th month, the second surveillance scheduled between the 36th month and the 39th month, the reassessment scheduled between the 51st month and the 54th month with the submission of a reaccreditation application along with other supporting documents to be submitted no later than the 48th month from November 28, 2022. The time interval between the implementation of surveillance/assessment and the previous visit is no more than 24 months.

News source : https://sci.ui.ac.id/