Organization and Coverage of Management Review

The Management Standards followed by laboratories all require that the laboratory s quality management system is reviewed periodically to ensure that it is still suitable and effective and to introduce necessary changes or improvements. The usual frequency for quality Management Review is once every twelve months. 

Suggest what pieces of information about quality in the laboratory should be available for the laboratory s management to consider at their annual Management Review meeting as evidence of the standard of quality. 

The management team should examine all relevant information that is available to them. The exact list will vary between Standards and will usually be agreed between the laboratory and the accreditation/certifi-cation body. You will probably be able to think of a number of things to include. Table 9.4 shows a list that would form the basis of an agenda for such a meeting. 

Responsibility for maintaining, operating and improving the laboratory s quality management system lies with every member of the laboratory s staff. A 

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