Self-auditing

Audits by INPO and the U.S. NRC aie a culmination of a high degree of self-auditing by the plant operators and the utihties themselves, often assisted by special third-party safety review boards set up to help carry out safety assessments (21). Self-auditing and self-criticism are essential to the process. These reflect the fundamental reactor safety principle that the owner-operator of the plant has the ultimate responsibiUty for plant safety. 

APPENDIX C. SAMPLE TOLLER ASSESSMENT QUANTITATIVE FORMAT 14. SELF-AUDIT S D... 

Is there a comprehensive, formal system which specifies self-audits at a planned frequency with results reported to and reviewed by management ... 

Self-audit is a monitoring device used to establish any vaiyiiig degrees of detail or performance of an organization to define areas of deficiency and to correct such deficiencies before they cause further problems. 

The assessor should verify that there is a comprehensive formal system that specifies self-audits on a planned frequency. Over time, all areas should be audited. Results should be reported to maiiagemeiit with appropriate follow-up documented. Self-audits should be thorough, addressing all aspects of the area s fuiictioiis. Outsiders riot working in the specific audit area should be iiicluded ill the exercise for objectivity. 

El. Self-audit site inspeetion and abatement traeking programs must be formalized and effeetively implemented. 

The law aims at creating a more cooperative relationsliip between tlie environmental agencies and industry. Strict enforcement provisions witli penalties for incomplete compliance could do tlie opposite and actually create a disincentive to critical self-auditing, self-policing and voluntary disclosure. 

Review self-audits, insurance audits, previous recommendations, and follow-up... 

The GLP standards can be successfully implemented in a non-GLP anal5dical laboratory. The key to success is for management and staff to fully understand the ramifications of the decision and to set in motion a plan to achieve compliance. The plan should include a time line, assignment of responsibilities, and self-audits. The outcome wiU be an improvement in the overall quahty of the anal5dical work produced by the lab and the abUity to participate in a specialized analytical market niche. 

Questions from the self audit checklist, used as the basis for the WRAM s checklist, were reworked into a question and answer format. 

A well-conducted program of internal self-audits is important to a site s overall safety and loss prevention efforts. The discussion in this section is applicable to internal audits as well as to external audits conducted by audit teams from other Dow units. 

Systems of quality control and assurance, including self-auditing procedures. 

Rothwell PM, Warlow CP (1995). Is self-audit reliable Lancet 346 1623... 

Protocol for self-auditing of analytical laboratories for ISO 9000 certification. 

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION Any interventions should be entered in the clinical intervention form [see Figure 1.5] (and if possible, on the patient s PMR). The system should be audited regularly by the pharmacist in charge (peer audit if possible would be preferable as self audit is not always the most successful/accurate)... 

The EPA and OSHA require self-audits every 3 years by at least one person who is knowledgeable in the process(es) that involve regulated chemicals, beginning June 21, 1999, and May 26, 1995, respectively, to determine conformance. The employer shall promptly determine and document appropriate responses to the findings of the audit and document that the deficiencies have been corrected [l(o), 2(58)]. 

An annual self-audit will be made public. 

Several of these guidances had their genesis in the EPA s Compliance Audit Program (CAP), which was a voluntary self audit program announced... 

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