Workshop Excellence Webinar Series
Quality Assurance and Accreditation |
Brown Bag 3: Internal Audits and Management Review
Your "Best Friends" for Compliance, Planning and Improvement
This 2-hour interactive webcast focuses on how the management system elements of internal audits and annual management review, provide management with vital real time information and interact to form the basis for continuous improvement.
Who Should Attend?
- Laboratory QA Managers,
- Laboratory Assessors
- Data Users
- Laboratory Managers
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Definitions are explored as well as the different types of internal audits that may be considered and the requirements detailed in the TNI 2009 ES Standard. Responsibilities and accountabilities for meeting the standard requirements and prerequisites for conducting these activities are presented. Some of the ways to implement effective procedures for these foundation systems, suggestions that have been implemented in real life organizations, tools to facilitate management of the records and documentation are a strong focus and are discussed. The instructor explores how to craft and use the findings and results from these tools to not only react to problems but to potentially drive quality improvement and communication.
This webcast is geared to participation by laboratory management and technical personnel, specifically supervisors, managers, and QA professionals as well as assessors from the private and public sectors.
Some of the Course Topics
- What are the different types of internal audits
- How to foster Effective Management involvement
- How do audits integrate with corrective actions?
- Turning annual review activities into actions
- What do NELAP and ISO 17025 standards prescribe?
- Monitoring the review outcome and actions
- Content, frequency and personnel needs
- Using these elements to foster communications at all levels of operation
- Benefits of auditing besides just meeting accreditation requirements
- How to integrate client involvement into reviews
- Tools to effective implementation and monitoring
- Integrating results into other elements of the
- Documentation and record keeping requirements management system
This on-demand webcast is an audio/visual recording of a webinar that was recorded on October 5, 2012.
Fees:
$75 for TNI members
$90 for non-members
Group rates are available: Each purchased webcast is to be viewed by only one student. If you would like multiple viewers, separate purchases must be made. A group rate of $325 for TNI members or $400 for non-members is available for groups of 5-10 students at a single location. Click here to purchase this webcast at the group rate.
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No certificates are automatically provided with this training. A Certificate of Attendance may be purchased for $20 per person during registration or webcast purchase. To receive your certificate, contact Paul Junio at [email protected] with date of purchase and date of training completion. See FAQs for additional information.
Format:
Webcast About Webcasts: Upon receipt of your payment, you will receive a special link by e-mail to watch the webcast on your computer. The link is time-limited: you will have full access to the webcast and any associated handouts for 6 months after receipt of payment, at which time the link will expire. Webcasts cannot be downloaded; they are intended for viewing on your computer only during the 6-month window. If you have any questions, please contact Ilona Taunton at [email protected]. Length:
2 hours CEUs: NA 
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Presented By:
Jack Farrell About the Presenter:
Jack Farrell has more than 40 years of experience in the environmental industry as an analyst, QA professional, technical and general manager of small, medium and large commercial laboratories. He is an experienced environmental manager, laboratory chemist, trainer, and auditor. Mr. Farrell holds degrees in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) and Chemistry and is a professional trainer, consultant and third party assessor for a number of state and federal regulators.
Jack Farrell is a Senior Environmental Analyst, President and Founder of Analytical Excellence, Inc. (AEX). Since its inception in 1993, AEX has been an independent strictly confidential consulting firm specializing in environmental laboratory operations, analysis and matters concerning the generation of analytical data to support effective compliance decision-making and aspects of litigation. AEX's clientele consist of well-known small and large laboratory companies, instrument manufacturers, engineering firms, state and federal regulatory agencies and legal practice firms. |
The NELAC Institute
develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.