At world level, there are different international organizations that develop standards in very specific sectors, under consensus among several countries in order to harmonize the guidelines of these standards to ensure their adequate implementation.
ONAC, as part of its commitment to meet the needs imposed by the market, is constantly seeking to incorporate new schemes and services that are in tune with these needs. Such is the case of WADA, as presented below:
WADA – World Anti-Doping Agency
WADA – is the World Anti-Doping Agency whose main mission is to promote doping-free sport globally.
WADA has existed since 1999 and is funded by various world governments and sports movements. In addition, WADA conducts scientific research, education, anti-doping capacity building and monitoring of the Anti-Doping Code, which integrates the International Standard for Laboratories and harmonizes other anti-doping policies applicable to all sports worldwide.
Currently at the international level, there are 30 laboratories accredited and approved by WADA to perform doping control tests under the requirements of the International Standard for Laboratories – ISL of WADA. At the level of the Americas, there are currently five, among which are countries such as Brazil, Canada, Cuba and the United States,
In order for an accredited body to offer the service, it must receive training from the Agency, which ONAC has received in 2016 when the sub-scope of accreditation was launched and in 2019 for training on the new version of the ISL. Additionally, it must meet the following requirements:
- MRA international recognition agreement for the ISO/IEC 17025 testing laboratory accreditation scheme with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation – ILAC.
- Comply with the requirements of the International Standard for Laboratories – ISL
Since 2016, ONAC is committed to offer this accreditation service to the market, which focuses particularly on the identification and determination of banned substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency in athletes participating in sports competitions at national, regional and global level.
In 2020, the WADA Board and Committee at the Agency’s World Conference in Katowice, Poland, published the new version of the International Standard for Laboratories – ISL version 11. The meeting also defined the deadline for compliance with the new version, this being January 1, 2021. Taking into account the above, ONAC is updating this sub-scope so that interested parties can apply for accreditation under this new version.
The interested testing laboratory must meet the following requirements:
- ISO/IEC 17025 (recent version)
- Mandatory ILAC testing laboratory scheme documents
- International Standard for Laboratories – ISL recent version
- Mandatory technical documents of the world agency WADA
Laboratory accreditation is the first requirement for a laboratory to apply for WADA recognition.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources
