The Laboratory Quality Assurance System: A Manual of Quality Procedures and Forms

Ratliff, Thomas A.

ISBN 10: 0471269182 / ISBN 13: 9780471269182

Published by Wiley-Interscience, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Laboratory Quality Assurance System: A Manual of Quality Procedures and Forms
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471269182
• ISBN 13: 9780471269182
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Both the 17025:1999 standard and especially ANSI/ISO/ASQ,9001-2000 standard require that a laboratory document its procedures for obtaining reliable results. The Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual details to the user how to a prepare a new laboratory quality assurance manual, which will be appropriate to use as a procedures manual for a particular laboratory, a sales tool to attract potential customers, a document that can be to answer regulatory questions, and ultimately a tool to become a registered ISO 9001/2000 Lab and gain related certifications based on the standard. The Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual:

-Incoporates changes to ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001-2000 pertaining to laboratories.
-Provides blank forms used in preparing a quality manual.
-Provides information on the interrelationship of ANSI/ISO 17025:1999 and ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001-2000.

About the Author

Tom Ratilff has been a consultant in the field of Quality Control since 1970. He has taught the course "Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Quality Control" since 1973 for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He is a Fellow, American Society for Quality, Biomedical, Service Industry & Health Divisions of the American Society of Quality Control.