NIDC’s Document Examination Laboratory is accredited for forensic testing
NIDC’s Document Examination Laboratory has been awarded accreditation to undergo forensic testing in addition to being professionally recognized and certified in the Laboratory’s competency in providing the services that the laboratory is established to provide to the immigration authorities. These competencies include authenticity examinations and document fraud detection, as well as assessing the security of ID-documents.
The internationally recognized accreditation standard that forms the basis for the accreditation of NIDC’s document technical laboratory is DS/ EN ISO /IEC 17025:2017: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. It sets out the general requirements for the competence, impartiality and continuous operation of laboratories. In addition, there are a number of accreditation provisions, which are based on requirements from international accreditation organizations such as EA, IAF, and ILAC.
In Denmark, DANAK is designated as a national accreditation body. NIDC’s document technical laboratory is checked and verified by accreditation, as well as assessed on the requirements that apply to this particular type of company. The requirements cover the framework-creating conditions such as management processes, procedures, the employees' technical and professional competencies as well as impartiality. But the requirements also include more specific technical conditions, such as that laboratory equipment are calibrated and suitable for tasks, measurement results are reliable and correctly recorded, and that there is control over the traceability of measuring instruments, tested materials and measurement results.
