1. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Laboratory Services Tanna Kilpatrick Quality Assurance Manager

2. The Road to Accreditation Why are we working toward accreditation to ISO 17025? – Working toward umbrella system to satisfy multiple programs – Decreasing revenues, decreasing budget, increased need for efficiency

3. The Road to Accreditation What about the cost? – Major push toward compliance in FY13 when we were awarded the FDA grant – Discontinuation of funds after the first year – Funded, accredited section of the lab

4. The Road to Accreditation Roadblocks and support – Funding is a problem State of OK invested a lot of money to build a new lab but funds are not available for accreditation Proposal to legislature to increase funds – Major source of support Our Leadership! – Buy-in was a problem Initial resistance has been eased with training and implementation of the umbrella quality system