# Calibration laboratory software that holds the instrument, the standard and the certificate on one record

> A calibration laboratory is a laboratory that compares a customer instrument against a reference standard and issues a certificate stating the result, the standard used and the measurement uncertainty. NVLAP accredits calibration laboratories against ISO/IEC 17025 under 15 CFR part 285, and initial accreditation is granted for a period of one year. FDA rule 21 CFR 820.72 wants the equipment identification, the calibration dates, the person who performed each calibration and the next calibration date on the record. Neurobird holds all of it against the asset.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/calibration/
- Product: Neurobird Calibration Laboratory Inspection Tracking Platform
- Niche: calibration laboratory
- Buyer: calibration laboratories
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-22

## What Neurobird Calibration Laboratory does

- Hold every instrument with its owner, its interval and the next calibration date, so the recall list stops being a spreadsheet
- Bind each certificate to the reference standard and procedure actually used, and block work on a standard that is out of date
- Keep the uncertainty budget with the scope line it belongs to, ready for the next assessment
- Produce the calibration record 21 CFR 820.72 asks for without assembling it by hand

## How it works

1. **Receive the asset** Instrument, owner, model, serial and requested scope are captured at goods in, and the job number points at that asset for the rest of its life.
2. **Calibrate against a known standard** The reference standard and procedure are selected from your scope, and a standard past its own due date cannot be used without a decision that gets recorded.
3. **Issue and recall** The certificate carries the result, the uncertainty and the traceability chain, and the due date goes straight onto the recall list.

## From the source material

> Calibration standards used for inspection, measuring, and test equipment shall be traceable to national or international standards.

Source: eCFR, 21 CFR 820.72, inspection and test equipment, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/820.72

## Industry context

- **17025** NVLAP assesses calibration laboratories against ISO/IEC 17025 together with NIST Handbook 150 and the calibration specific requirements in Handbook 150-2. (source: NIST Handbook 150-2, 2024 edition, https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/hb/2024/NIST.HB.150-2e2024.pdf)
- **285.9** Initial NVLAP accreditation is granted for a period of one year, and the laboratory is assigned one of four renewal dates: January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1. (source: eCFR, 15 CFR 285.9, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/15/285.9)
- **820.72** A calibration record must document the equipment identification, the calibration dates, the individual performing each calibration and the next calibration date, kept near the equipment or readily available. (source: eCFR, 21 CFR 820.72, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/820.72)
- **6 months** Under CLIA a laboratory must perform calibration verification at least once every 6 months, or more often where the manufacturer instructions say so. (source: CMS, CLIA calibration and calibration verification, https://www.cms.gov/files/document/clia-brochure-calibration-and-calibration-verification-april-2006.pdf)
- **285.10** An accredited laboratory must file its renewal application and fees before the current accreditation expires, or the accreditation lapses. (source: eCFR, 15 CFR 285.10, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/15/285.10)

## Pricing

- Single bench: $129 per month
- Accredited lab: $329 per month
- Multi site: $699 per month

## Questions

### What is a calibration laboratory accreditation?

It is third party recognition that the laboratory is competent for the measurements on its scope. In the United States NVLAP accredits calibration laboratories against ISO/IEC 17025 under 15 CFR part 285. Initial accreditation runs for one year and the laboratory is given one of four fixed renewal dates.

### What has to be on a calibration record?

For work supporting medical devices, 21 CFR 820.72 wants the equipment identification, the calibration dates, the individual who performed each calibration and the next calibration date, held on or near the equipment or readily available to the people using it.

### How does it handle reference standards that go out of date?

Each standard carries its own due date. Selecting it for a job after that date takes a recorded decision, so an expired standard cannot quietly end up underneath fifty certificates.

### Can it track intervals that are not annual?

Yes. Intervals are per asset and per customer, monthly, quarterly, semiannual or usage based, and the recall list is built from the asset rather than from a calendar someone maintains by hand.

### Does it produce the certificate itself?

Yes, from the record: instrument, standard, procedure, as found and as left values, uncertainty and the traceability statement. The certificate stops being a document someone types from a worksheet.

## Sources

- [NIST Handbook 150-2, calibration laboratories](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/hb/2024/NIST.HB.150-2e2024.pdf)
- [eCFR, 15 CFR part 285, NVLAP](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/15/part-285)
- [eCFR, 15 CFR 285.9, granting accreditation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/15/285.9)
- [eCFR, 21 CFR 820.72, inspection and test equipment](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/820.72)
- [NIST, laboratory metrology calibration procedures](https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/laboratory-metrology/documentary-standards-and-resources/calibration-procedures)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/