Quality Manual: Section 4.14 - How to Conduct the Internal Audit in Testing Laboratory?

4.14      Internal audits

Policy

The PTL conducts the internal audit of all activities to verify that the operations continue to comply with the requirements of the laboratory management system and ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

Scope

It covers all testing activities as defined in the scope of accreditation.



Responsibility

The quality Manager is responsible for planning, organizing internal audits, and coordinating corrective actions.

Procedure

A documented procedure (PTL/QSP/11) has been established to conduct the internal audit.

4.14.1  The PTL periodically, and in accordance with a predetermined schedule and procedure (PTL/QSP/11) conducts internal audits of its activities to verify that its operations continue to comply with the requirements of the management system and this International Standard. The internal audit program addresses all elements of the management system, including the testing activities, it is the responsibility of the quality manager to plan and organize audits as required by the schedule and requested by management.

Such audits are carried out by trained and qualified personnel who are, wherever resources permit, independent of the activity to be audited.

The cycle for internal auditing is normally completed in one year.

4.14.2  When audit findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of the operations or on the correctness or validity of the laboratory's test results, the PTL laboratory takes timely corrective action, and notifies customers in writing if investigations show that the laboratory results may have been affected.

4.14.3  The area of activity audited, the audit findings, and corrective actions that arise from them are recorded

4.14.4  Follow-up audit activities verify and record the implementation and effectiveness of the corrective action taken.

Records

Records are defined in the procedure (PTL/QSP/11)  

                                                               
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Note: Replace DTL with PTL for Drug Testing Laboratory.

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