Quality Assurance Manual

The Quality Assurance Manual defines the scope and elements of the Quality Assurance System. Accrediting bodies require a laboratory to create and maintain the standard elements of a quality assurance manual and to assign responsibility for these elements. During your on-site training, Beacon’s Quality Assurance Manual will be tailored to your laboratory, allowing you to comply with your accreditation requirements while maintaining a controlled document. Listed below are the required elements of a quality assurance manual, all of which are provided by Beacon’s Quality Assurance Manual.

1.0 City of (name) WPC Laboratory Quality Policy
2.0 Organization and Management Structure
3.0 Document Control
4.0 Critical Staff Positions
5.0 Traceability of Analytical Measurements
6.0 Methods
7.0 Capabilities Review
8.0 Traceability of Calibration and Verification of Test Procedures
9.0 Sample Receipt and Handling
10.0 Facility and Equipment
11.0 Equipment Calibration and Maintenance
12.0 Data Verification and Internal Quality-Control Activities
13.0 Corrective Actions
14.0 Control of Data Generated from Non-Conforming Activities
15.0 Complaints
16.0 Confidentiality and Public Access
17.0 Data Review and Audits
18.0 Training and Demonstration of Capability
19.0 Ethical Conduct
20.0 Reporting of Data